J Korean Acad Rehabil Med.
2010 Oct;34(5):508-512.
Effect of Mirror Therapy on Recovery of Upper Limb Function and Strength in Subacute Hemiplegia after Stroke
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- 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Korea. pmrdoc813@gmail.com
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effect of mirror therapy on recovery of upper limb function and strength in subacute hemiplegia after stroke. METHOD: Fourty subacute hemiplegic stroke patients (onset <6 months) were enrolled and randomly assigned to either the mirror therapy (MT, n=19), or control group (n=21). MT group received mirror therapy for 30 minutes after each treatment, additionally with the traditional rehabilitation programs, 5 days per week for 4 weeks; 2 hours or more per day, 3 days or more per week. To measure the outcome, we performed the manual muscle test (MMT), manual function test (MFT) and Jarmar grip strength test.
RESULTS
MT group showed significant improvements in MMT, grasp and lateral pinch force of grip strength test (p<0.05), compared to control group. Improvement in MFT was more evident in MT group (p<0.05).
CONCLUSION
Mirror therapy can be used as an adjuvant therapeutic technique for improving upper limb function and strength for subacute hemiplegia.
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