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Scientific studies
Management of post-surgery knee AMI
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 showing the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in post-sprain and knee surgery rehabilitation, this publication confirms the value of integrating Allyane into a comprehensive rehabilitation approach.
*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
- A statistically significant average increase in muscle activity (measured by surface EMG**) of 41% (p<0,001)
- A statistically significant average reduction in flexion contracture of 9,01 degrees (p<0,001)
* Case series, evidence level 4
** Average of three isometric contractions of the Vastus Medialis Oblique
functional gain of the knee*
activation of the Vastus Medialis Oblique*
Effects of low-frequency sounds on brain plasticity
Different auditory stimulations were compared, including some already recognized and used clinically. 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 specific characteristic is what makes Allyane unique today.
Dos Anjos T, Di Rienzo F, Benoit CE, Daligault S, Guillot A. Brain wave modulation and EEG power changes during auditory beats stimulation. Neuroscience. 2024 Jul 14;554:156-166. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.07.014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39004412.
Neuromotor reprogramming: the fundamentals
Correlations between performance and brain activity show that the addition of low-frequency sounds induces specific neuronal modulation, distinct from that observed with motor imagery alone, thus 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 elicits a transient disruption of force performance: A path to neuromotor reprogramming?
Mental imagery and its impact on motor skills
Mental imagery is based on neurofunctional equivalence: thinking about the action uses almost 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 have an impact on the intensity of muscle contraction or the speed of movement, for example.
There is a neurofunctional equivalence, now widely demonstrated by various scientific data, between motor imagery and actual execution.
Hanakawa T, Dimyan MA, Hallett M. Motor planning, imagery, and execution in the distributed motor network: a time-course study with functional MRI.
Cereb Cortex. 2008 Dec;18(12):2775-88. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhn036Epub 2008 Mar 20.
Furthermore, we know that neuronal activity and neuroplasticity are modulated by the quality and precision of the imaging, for example when imagining a movement of high or low intensity or as a function of the speed of the movement.
Mizuguchi N, Nakata H, Kanosue K. Activity of right premotor-parietal regions dependent upon imagined force level: an fMRI study. Front Hum Neurosci. 2014 Oct 8;8:810. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00810eCollection 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. 2013 Oct;40(4):267-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurad.2012.10.001Epub 2013 Feb 21.
All our publications
2025
os Anjos T., Colombié JB, 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 JB, Di Rienzo F., Delahunt E., Guillot A.
Neuromotor treatment for chronic ankle instability.
Abstract submitted and accepted for oral presentation.
30th edition of Isokinetic Medical Group: Football Medicine The Pursuit Of Excellence – Madrid, Spain
2024
Dos Anjos T., Di Rienzo F., Chamoun DM, 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.
Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.07.014
Dos Anjos T., Guillot A., Daligault S., Chamoun DM, De Sousa T. and Di Rienzo F.
Low-frequency sounds combined with motor imagery elicits 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 JB and Dos Anjos T.
Impact of Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibitions (AMI) on chronic ankle instability.
Physiotherapy News No. 1653 – 02/05/2024
2023
Dos anjos T., Gabriel F., Hopper GP. 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 JB 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 AL
Impact of neuromotor reprogramming proposed by Allyane in the context of post-stroke spasticity.
Abstract submitted and accepted for posting.
9th Francophone Physiotherapy Days – Rennes, France
Dos Anjos T., Guillot A., Chamoun DM, 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 ACAPS International Congress – 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 neuromotor reprogramming proposed by Allyane in the context of post-stroke spasticity
Physiotherapy Review, 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 Isokinetic Medical Group: Football Medicine The Pursuit Of Excellence – Lyon, France
Dos anjos T., Gabriel F., Hopper GP. 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 Isokinetic Medical Group: Football Medicine The Pursuit Of Excellence – Lyon, France
Dumain JF
Neuromotor reprogramming treatment modality for ankle sprain: a case report.
Abstract submitted and accepted for oral presentation.
29th edition of 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 posting.
29th edition of 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 oral presentation.
27th of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) congress – Sevilla, Spainx
Dos Anjos T.
Neuromotor treatment against motor inhibition following a knee injury or surgery.
Abstract submitted and accepted for oral presentation.
5th Congress of Sports Surgery, Sports Clinic – 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-
Mance. 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. Physiotherapy News No. 1605 – 10/03/2022
2021
Ladoucette S.,
Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition: a new approach in joint rehabilitation.
Abstract submitted and accepted for oral presentation.
7th ECOSEP Congress 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 oral presentation.
19th ACAPS International Congress – Montpellier, France
2020
Chatain AL
The contribution 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 AL
Impact of neuro-cognitive reprogramming in spasticity rehabilitation.
Abstract submitted and accepted for posting.
1st European Stroke Organization and the World Stroke Organization (ESO-WSO), Virtual Conference
2019
Friggeri A., Le Blay G.
Neuro-cognitive reprogramming in the rehabilitation of chronic lower back pain
Abstract submitted and accepted for posting.
34th Congress of the French Society of Rehabilitation Medicine (SOFMER), Bordeaux, France
Chatain AL,
Contribution of neurocognitive reprogramming in the management of spasticity.
Abstract submitted and accepted for posting.
2nd Annual Meeting of the French Neurovascular Society (SFNV), Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Colombié JB
A new way to change dance motor patterns: the Allyane process.
Abstract submitted and accepted for posting.
29th International Conference of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2018
Chatain AL, Dorochenko P., Friggeri A.
Contribution of an innovation in neuromotor reprogramming in shoulder pathologies.
Abstract submitted and accepted for posting.
45th National Congress of the French Society of Sports Physiotherapists (SFMKS, SFPhysio). Saint-Etienne, France
Chatain AL, Friggeri A.
Innovating in the management of spasticity.
Abstract submitted and accepted for posting.
1st French Neurokinesitherapy Day, SFPhysio. Marseille, France
Friggeri A., Le Blay G.
Neuro-cognitive reprogramming in mechanical pathologies of the locomotor system according to the Allyane process.
Abstract submitted and accepted for oral presentation.
12th National Congress of the French Society of Manual Orthopedic and Osteopathic Medicine (SOFMMOO), Paris, France
Chatain AL, Gonzalez Iglesias I, Friggeri A.
Innovating in the management of spasticity with a non-invasive procedure.
Scientific Physiotherapy 2018; 599:37-41, France, June 2018.