Cerebral reorganization and motor imagery after flexor tendon injury

PhD ceremony: M.W. Stenekes, 16.15 Academiegebouw, Broerstraat 5, Groningen

Thesis: Cerebral reorganization and motor imagery after flexor tendon injury

Promotor(s): prof. T. Mulder, prof. J.P.A. Nicolai, prof. J.H.B. Geertzen

Faculty: Medical Sciences

 

Flexor tendon repair of the hand is followed by immobilization with a splint. After this immobilization period patients report clumsiness. The main purpose of this thesis was to determine whether motor imagery, i.e. imagining a movement during the splinting period without actually performing it, results in faster recovery of hand function.