Pushing the limits of recovery: hypnotherapy with a stroke patient.
Hypnotherapy was used to assist recovery of left arm function following stroke in a 66-year-old woman. Treatment protocol is described, and results are discussed in terms of how hypnosis may facilitate voluntary motor movement. Recent literature on cortical changes in hypnosis and motor improvement during hypnosis is discussed in relation to the present results.
Holroyd
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Hill
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D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods; D007092:Imagination; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities