ABSTRACT
Systems ....................................................................................................109 4.4 Rehabilitation and Functional Reorganisation in Childhood ................... 111 4.5 Intermodal Plasticity and Rehabilitation ..................................................113 4.6 Cortical Networks of Hand Movement and Auditory Information ..........113 4.7 Phantom Limb Pain and Myoelectric Prosthetic Hands ........................... 114 4.8 Conclusion ............................................................................................... 117 References ......................................................................................................... 117
while early immobilisation extends the period of vulnerability to forced overuse. Immobilising the good limb too soon after brain damage in a rat model can have extremely deleterious effects both on behavioural responses and by causing a dramatic expansion of the original lesion. It appears that either too much or too little activity can have profoundly negative consequences. Ogden and Franz described almost complete recovery from paralysis after ablation of the cortical motor region in a monkey that was forced to use its hemiplegic arm [4]. In contrast, there was little or no recovery in monkeys that were not subjected to the procedure.
