Integración de EEG y Realidad Virtual en la Rehabilitación Basada en Movimiento Imaginario de la Mano

Stroke affects over 17 million people worldwide each year, leaving around 6.5 million deaths and a large proportion of survivors with motor impairment of the upper limb (~55–75%). Recovery of fine-motor skills of the hand is essential for regaining independence of the patient. After a stroke, disrupted brain connectivity (motor-premotor-basal ganglia network) reduces excitability and coordination. Rehabilitation aims to drive cortical reorganization and reactivation of spared networks.
Motor imagery (MI) and action observation (AO) activate similar cortical networks to the actual movement, engaging the mirror-neuron system and enhancing corticospinal excitability. Promoting neuroplasticity through MI and AO is therefore a key target in stroke rehabilitation, as it supports recovery of motor pathways through multisensory feedback and mental practice.