A scoping review on the body awareness rehabilitation after stroke: are we aware of what we are unaware?

Body awareness (BA) is a complex multi-dimensional construct that refers to the subject's ability to consciously perceive and integrate sensory and proprioceptive information related to the position, movement, and balance of one's own body and body parts. Since it involves multiple brain regions and include different functional networks, it is very often affected by cerebrovascular damage such as stroke. Deficits in the ability to monitor our actions and predict their consequences or recognize our body parts and distinguish them from those of others may emerge after stroke.

The importance of recovering body awareness in post-stroke rehabilitation: insights from clinical case reports.

Introduction: Body awareness (BA) is the process of gaining sensory awareness based on the physiological states and actions of the body. It is influenced by an individual's attitudes, perceptions, beliefs, and experiences within the social and cultural contexts. Following a stroke, impairments in BA are thought to be widespread and could have a significant impact on recovery results.

Applications of Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Mirror Therapy for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Post-Stroke Patients: A Brain Plasticity Pilot Study.

The aim of this study was to identify the neural pattern activation during mirror therapy (MT) and explore any cortical reorganization and reducing asymmetry of hemispheric activity for upper limb rehabilitation in post-stroke patients. A box containing a mirror was placed between the arms of the patients to create the illusion of normal motion in the affected limb by reflecting the image of the unaffected limb in motion. We measured the cerebral hemodynamic response using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS).

Improving manual dexterity using ergonomic wearable glove in patients with multiple sclerosis: A quasi-randomized clinical trial.

One main problem faced by people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) is upper limb dysfunction, which can occur in the first decade of the disease and with the highest prevalence of disability in the progressive type of the disease. Then, PwMS may benefit from personalised and intensive treatment as provided by robotic devices. These innovative devices have increasingly been brought into the neurorehabilitation field, due to their ability to provide repetitive and task-oriented training.