Mental Imagery As An Occupational Therapy Approach in Neurological Recovery

 

Mental imagery is a process of mental manipulation without external stimuli. Mental imagery is a mental process technique in which a person can develop the physiological effect of movement in the body. The concept of mental imagery came to light in the early 1960s. In the early stage, it was used by athletes & sports persons but nowadays mental imagery is widely used in the rehabilitation process, especially in neuro-rehabilitation. For the mental imagery process, the formation of a mental image of a particular activity is important. 

Many assessment tools are available to test the vividness of movement imagery questionnaires (VMIQ-2, Roberts et.al 2008). The process of mental imagery includes retrieving information from long-term memory to working memory by encoding & transformation. 

The formation of the mental image may be internal or external. 

An internal image can be formed by retrieving information from long-term memory to working memory. 

External images can be formed by particular movements (kinaesthetic imagery) done by the participant or done by a therapist. 

Another method of generating mental imagery is by watching video recordings of particular movements. Image formation is the primary step of mental imagery, after that consistency of the image is also important. Many times the movement of images is very fast or faded, which will result in poor outcomes. 

The motor area of the brain is divided into primary motor area M1& supplementary motor area (SMA) & pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA). The primary motor cortex plays an important role in the motor imagery process in the brain.

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