Functional Recovery Evaluation Flashcards
1
Q
What are the practical applications?
A
Contributed to the field of neurorehabilitation
2
Q
How did it contribute to the field of neurorehabilitation?
A
They know that rehab is needed after spontaneous recovery
3
Q
What is negative plasticity?
A
Brain rewiring can be maladaptive
4
Q
Give an example of negative plasticity.
A
Phantom limb syndrome.
60-80% of amputees
Due to cortical reorganisation in the somatosensory cortex