By connecting with the positive memory traces from before the time of nerve damage, a person is able to access the original motor programmes. Repetitive training is necessary to establish the act of anticipating movement once again. It is as though a person "remembers how it was before the trauma" and the IMF device is the aid which helps these changes to occur.
The changes in the CNS are part of a change within the brain also. They are symbiotic and as the person remembers again the changes occur on a physical level as well (structual and synaptic plasticity).

Secondary benefits of IMF are many: Spasticity is vastly reduced and often completely eradicated, as is the physical pain often associated with it. The circulation and metabolism in the brain and limbs improves, the number of involuntary spasms in damaged or paralysed muscle areas is reduced, the patient’s motivation to practice further increases because of positive results, and they find it beneficial for their concentration. Furthermore, muscular atrophy, oedema and circulatory problems benefit.

Below are links to see the results current users of IMF are experiencing.