The learned nonuse bullshit again. You can ask your doctor why in the last 12 years their hospital did nothing with the positive results from this.
Hypnosis for rehabilitation after stroke: six case studies
Abstract
This report presents qualitative accounts from a pilot clinical study of six chronic
stroke subjects. Our hypothesis was that a hypnotic procedure would help overcome
learned nonuse, which is thought to contribute to impaired motor function of the paretic
upper limb in chronic stroke patients. The hypnotic procedure involved selecting motor
tasks that would challenge each subject, then (1) imagined practice of the challenging
motor task revivified from prior to the stroke alternated with imagined practice in
the present; (2) imagined practice in the present alternated with imagined practice
during active‐alert hypnosis; and (3) active‐alert imagined practice alternated with
actual physical performance. We observed qualitative improvements in motor function
related to increased range of motion, increased grip strength, and reduced spasticity
of the paretic upper limb. Subjects consistently reported an improved outlook, increased
motivation, as well as greater awareness of and decreased effort to perform motor
tasks with the paretic limb. Copyright © 2006 British Society of Experimental & Clinical
Hypnosis. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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