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Chapter-16 Sensory Modulation in Rehabilitation

BOOK TITLE: Practice Pearls in Neurology: Series 1

Author
1. Srinivasan AV
2. Bhanu K
3. Shankar Balakrishnan
ISBN
9789352701988
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14148_17
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
27
Author Affiliations
1. Institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, E-mail: avs19502000@yahoo.com, The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University; Institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2. Mehta’s Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; Institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Mehta’s Hospital Pvt. Ltd. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; Institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
3. Dr MGR Medical University, Institute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Chapter keywords
Sensory rehabilitation, sensory integration, sensory modulation, phantom pain, phantom limb theory, movement disorder, human neural plasticity, parietal sensory cortex, phantom sensation

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) definition, sensory rehabilitation is a set of influences, procedures, and resources to be applied to the environment. Sensory integration is defined as ‘the organization of sensory information for use’. Sensory modulation ability was defined as the capacity to regulate and organize the degree, intensity and nature of responses to sensory input in a graded and adaptive manner, which allows the individual to achieve and maintain an optimal range of performance and to adapt to challenges in daily life (Miller and Lane 2000). The term sensory modulation refers both physiological reactions and behavioral responses. This chapter covers the assumptions of sensory integration theory, anatomical principles, parietal sensory cortex, locomotor networks, human neural plasticity, long-term potentiation and depression, molecular mechanisms, growth of dendritic spines, changes in gray and white matter plasticity due to sensory modulation, role of electrical sensory inputs and movement in long-term plasticity and rehabilitation gain, phantom sensation and phantom pain, phantom limb theories, and sensory aspects of movement disorders.

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