Scientific
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Scientific studies
Care for AMI Patients Following Knee Surgery
A study published in the scientific journal *Sports Health* highlights the clinical benefits of a 1-hour neuromotor reprogramming session.
In line with a previous study demonstrating the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to rehabilitation following knee sprains and surgery, this publication confirms the benefits of incorporating Galmeon into a comprehensive rehabilitation program.
*Dos Anjos T, Gabriel F, Vieira TD, Hopper GP, Sonnery-Cottet B. Neuromotor Treatment of Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition After Knee Injury or Surgery. Sports Health. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/19417381231169285
Treatment of AMI in patients following knee surgery. A clinical study* presented at the ECOSEP sports medicine conference in November 2021 shows that a Galmeon session enables:
- A statistically significant (p<0.001) average increase in muscle activity (measured by surface EMG**) of 41%
- A statistically significant (p < 0.001) average reduction in flexum of 9.01 degrees
* Case series, evidence level 4
** Average of three isometric contractions of the vastus medialis obliquus
functional improvement in the knee*
Activation of the Vastus Medialis Obliquus*
Effects of Low-Frequency Sounds on Brain Plasticity
Various types of auditory stimulation were compared, including some that are already recognized and used in clinical practice. Analyses of brain power and connectivity show that the low-frequency sounds emitted by our medical device induce greater activation of motor regions, both in terms of connectivity and power.
This distinctive feature is what makes Galmeon unique today.
Dos Anjos T, Di Rienzo F, Benoit CE, Daligault S, Guillot A. Brain wave modulation and EEG power changes during auditory beat stimulation. Neuroscience. July 14, 2024;554:156-166. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.07.014. Published online ahead of print. PMID: 39004412.
Neuromotor Reprogramming: The Basics
Correlations between performance and brain activity show that the addition of low-frequency sounds induces a specific neural modulation, distinct from that observed with motor imagery alone, thereby reinforcing the neurophysiological basis of neuromotor reprogramming.
Typhanie Dos Anjos, Aymeric Guillot, Sebastien Daligault, Donna-Maria Chamoun, Thomas De Sousa, Franck Di Rienzo,
Low-frequency sounds combined with motor imagery elicit a transient disruption in force performance: A path to neuromotor reprogramming?
Mental Imagery and Its Impact on Motor Skills
Mental imagery is based on neurofunctional equivalence: thinking about an action activates nearly the same areas of the brain as actually performing the action itself.
Motor imagery influences neuroplasticity—that is, the ability of neurons to change throughout life. This can affect, for example, the intensity of muscle contraction or the speed of movement.
There is a neurofunctional equivalence—now widely demonstrated by various scientific data—between motor imagery and actual performance.
Hanakawa T, Dimyan MA, Hallett M. Motor planning, imagery, and execution in the distributed motor network: a time-course study using functional MRI.
Cereb Cortex. Dec. 2008;18(12):2775-88. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhn036. Epub Mar. 20, 2008.
Furthermore, we know that neural activity and neuroplasticity are modulated by the quality and precision of the imaging—for example, depending on whether one imagines a high- or low-intensity movement, or depending on the speed of the movement.
Mizuguchi N, Nakata H, Kanosue K. Activity of right premotor-parietal regions dependent on the level of imagined force: an fMRI study. Front Hum Neurosci. Oct 8, 2014;8:810. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00810e. eCollection 2014
Sauvage C1, Jissendi P, Seignan S, Manto M, Habas C. Brain areas involved in the control of speed during a motor sequence of the foot: real movement versus mental imagery. J Neuroradiol. Oct 2013;40(4):267-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurad.2012.10.001. Epub 2013 Feb 21.
All of Our Publications
2025
os Anjos T., Colombié J.B., Di Rienzo F., Delahunt E., and Guillot A. Neuromotor treatment for CAI in young pre-professional dancers.
SFA 2025 – Nantes, France
Dos Anjos T., Colombié J.B., Di Rienzo F., Delahunt E., Guillot A.
: Neuromotor treatment for chronic ankle instability.
Abstract submitted and accepted for oral presentation.
30th edition of the Isokinetic Medical Group: Football Medicine—The Pursuit of Excellence—Madrid, Spain
2024
Dos Anjos, T., Di Rienzo, F., Chamoun, D.M., Daligault, S., De Sousa, T., and Guillot, A.
. Combining motor imagery with low-frequency sounds: a neurophysiological study. *
* 17th European Congress of Sport and Exercise Psychology—Innsbruck, Austria.
Dos Anjos, T., Di Rienzo, F., Daligault, S., and Guillot, A. “
” Brain wave modulation and EEG power changes during auditory beats stimulation.
Neurosciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.07.014
Dos Anjos, T., Guillot, A., Daligault, S., Chamoun, D.M., De Sousa, T., and Di Rienzo, F.
: Low-frequency sounds combined with motor imagery elicit a transient disruption of force performance: A path to neuromotor reprogramming?
NeuroImage, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120746
Collaboration
, Dupont W., Poulin-Charronnat B., Madden-Lombardi C., Jacquet T., Pfister P., Dos Anjos T.,
, and Lebon F.
Exploring dynamic brain oscillations in motor imagery and low-frequency sound.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02311
Colombié, J.B., and Dos Anjos, T.
: Impact of Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibitions (AMI) on Chronic Ankle Instability.
Kiné actualité No. 1653 – May 2, 2024
2023
Dos Anjos, T., Gabriel, F., Hopper, G. P. and Sonnery-Cottet, B. “
” “Neuromotor Treatment of Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition Following Knee Injury or Surgery.”
Sports Health Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/19417381231169285.
Colombié, J.B., and Stephane L.
, “Changing a Reflex Motor Pattern Using the Allyane Technique: Case Report of a Dancer’s Chronic Ankle Instability,”
, *Journal of Orthopedic Case Reports*, https://doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2023.v13.i01.3504
20th ACAPS International Congress – Reims, France
Braun S., Kitada S., Chatain A.L.
Impact of the neuromotor reprogramming method proposed by Allyane for post-stroke spasticity.
Abstract submitted and accepted for a poster presentation.
9th Francophone Physical Therapy Conference – Rennes, France
Dos Anjos, T., Guillot, A., Chamoun, D.M., Daligault, S., De Sousa, T., and Di Rienzo, F.
. “Imagining while listening: a promising avenue for enhancing motor imagery effectiveness.”
Abstract submitted and accepted for oral presentation.
20th International Congress of ACAPS—Reims, France
Dos Anjos T., Salvi C., Crouzier J., Daligault S., Guillot A., and Di Rienzo F. “
” Motor imagery and low-frequency sounds: a magnetoencephalographic study.
Braun S, Kitada S, Chatain AL.
Impact of the neuromotor reprogramming method proposed by Allyane for post-stroke spasticity
Kinésithérapie La Revue, Vol. 23, 2023, No. 255, 78 – March 2023
2022
Dos Anjos, T.
: Benefits of motor imagery for neuromuscular deficits after ACL injury.
Abstract submitted and accepted for oral presentation.
29th edition of the Isokinetic Medical Group: Football Medicine—The Pursuit of Excellence—Lyon, France
Dos Anjos, T., Gabriel, F., Hopper, G. P. and Sonnery-Cottet, B.
Neuromotor treatment of arthrogenic muscle inhibition following knee injury or surgery.
Abstract submitted and accepted for oral presentation.
29th edition of the Isokinetic Medical Group: Football Medicine—The Pursuit of Excellence—Lyon, France
Dumain, J.F.
. Neuromotor reprogramming as a treatment modality for ankle sprains: a case report.
Abstract submitted and accepted for oral presentation.
29th edition of the Isokinetic Medical Group: Football Medicine—The Pursuit of Excellence—Lyon, France
Ladoucette S., “
” “Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition: A Novel Approach in Joint Rehabilitation.”
Abstract submitted and accepted for a poster presentation. “
” 29th edition of the Isokinetic Medical Group: “Football Medicine: The Pursuit of Excellence”—Lyon, France
Dos Anjos, T., Di Rienzo, F., and Guillot, A.
: Corticomotor plasticity underlying the priming effects of motor imagery on strength performance.
Abstract submitted and accepted for an oral presentation.
27th Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) – Seville, Spain
Dos Anjos, T.
. Neuromotor treatment for motor inhibition following knee injury or surgery.
Abstract submitted and accepted for oral presentation.
5th Sports Surgery Congress, Clinique du Sport—Paris, France
Dos Anjos T., Guillot A., Kerautret Y., Daligault S., and Di Rienzo F. “
” Corticomotor Plasticity Underlying Priming Effects of Motor Imagery on Force Perfor
. Brain Sciences, https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12111537
Dos Anjos, T.
. The Persistence of Brain Changes Following Musculoskeletal Injuries: The Case of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury. Kiné Actualité No. 1605 – March 10, 2022
2021
Ladoucette S., “
” “Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition: a new approach in joint rehabilitation.”
Abstract submitted and accepted for an oral presentation.
7th ECOSEP Congress on Sports Medicine and Science: Facts for the Future, Athens, Greece
Dos Anjos, T., Di Rienzo, F., and Guillot, A.
, “Motor simulation and muscle strength development: characterization of corticomotor plasticity induced by motor imagery.”
Abstract submitted and accepted for an oral presentation.
19th International Congress of the ACAPS—Montpellier, France
2020
Chatain, A.L.
: The Role of Neurocognitive Reprogramming in the Management of Spasticity.
Abstract submitted and accepted for oral presentation and e-poster
e-Journées de neurologie de langue française (JNLF), online
Chatain, A.L.
, “Impact of neurocognitive reprogramming in spasticity rehabilitation.”
Abstract submitted and accepted for a poster presentation.
1st European Stroke Organization and World Stroke Organization (ESO-WSO) Virtual Conference
2019
Friggeri, A., Le Blay, G.
. Neurocognitive Reprogramming in the Rehabilitation of Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain
Abstract submitted and accepted for a poster presentation.
34th Congress of the French Society of Rehabilitation Medicine (SOFMER), Bordeaux, France
Chatain A.L.,
The Role of Neurocognitive Reprogramming in the Management of Spasticity.
Abstract submitted and accepted for a poster presentation.
2nd Conference of the French Neurovascular Society (SFNV), Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Colombié, J.B.
, “A New Way to Change Dance Motor Patterns: The Allyane Process.”
Abstract submitted and accepted for a poster presentation.
29th International Conference of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2018
Chatain A.L., Dorochenko P., Friggeri A.
. A New Approach to Neuromotor Reprogramming in Shoulder Disorders.
Abstract submitted and accepted for poster presentation.
45th National Congress of the French Society of Sports Massage Therapists and Physical Therapists (SFMKS), SFPhysio. Saint-Étienne, France
Chatain A.L., Friggeri A.
Innovation in the Management of Spasticity.
Abstract submitted and accepted for a poster presentation.
1st French Conference on Neurokinesiotherapy, SFPhysio. Marseille, France
Friggeri, A., Le Blay, G.
Neurocognitive Reprogramming in Mechanical Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System Using the Allyane Method.
Abstract submitted and accepted for oral presentation.
12th National Congress of the French Society of Manual Orthopedic and Medical Osteopathic Medicine (SOFMMOO), Paris, France
Chatain AL, Gonzalez Iglesias I, Friggeri A. “
: A New Approach to the Management of Spasticity Using a Noninvasive Method.”
Kinésithérapie Scientifique 2018; 599:37–41, France, June 2018.
