Priming in Stroke Rehabilitation

This lecture will provide an overview of the principles of priming in stroke rehabilitation. Priming is the use of an intervention believed to be able to increase cortical excitability with the aim of improving neural plasticity during task practice. We will discuss the protocol of a systematic review we are currently undertaking to examine the effect of priming prior to task practice on activity outcomes after stroke. We will present preliminary results on the effect of motor imagery, movement-based and transcranial magnetic stimulation priming.

Presenters

Simone Dorsch PhD, MHlthSci, BAppSci(Physio). Simone Dorsch is a senior lecturer at the Australian Catholic University and a director of the StrokeEd collaboration. Her research investigates strategies to increase practice in rehabilitation and the associations between impairments and activity after stroke.  

Emma Fanayan BPhysio (Hons). Emma Fanayan is a physiotherapist at Royal North Shore Hospital, working in neurology/neurosurgery. Outside of clinical hours, she works alongside Dr Simone Dorsch at the Australian Catholic University as a research assistant. Her research interest area is in stroke rehabilitation.

Host

Neurology National Group

Date of Live Event

24/05/2022 

CPD Hours

1.0 Hours

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