Hopefully sometime in the past 7 years your doctors and therapists have contacted you with this info even though you are long past getting paid therapy.
Effects of Mirror Therapy on Motor and Sensory Recovery in Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial
2013, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Ching-Yi Wu, ScD, OTR, a,b
Pai-Chuan Huang, ScD, OTR, a
Yu-Ting Chen, MS, OT, a
Keh-Chung Lin, ScD, OTR, c,d
Hsiu-Wen Yang, MS, OT e
From the
a Department of Occupational Therapy and Graduate Institute of Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University,Taoyuan;
b Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan;
c School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei;
d Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei; and
e Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Zhongxiao Branch of Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ching-Yi Wu, ScD, OTR, a,b
Pai-Chuan Huang, ScD, OTR, a
Yu-Ting Chen, MS, OT, a
Keh-Chung Lin, ScD, OTR, c,d
Hsiu-Wen Yang, MS, OT e
From the
a Department of Occupational Therapy and Graduate Institute of Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University,Taoyuan;
b Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan;
c School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei;
d Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei; and
e Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Zhongxiao Branch of Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Abstract
Objective:
To compare the effects of mirror therapy (MT) versus control treatment (CT) on movement performance, motor control, sensory recovery, and performance of activities of daily living in people with chronic stroke.
Design:
Single-blinded, randomized controlled trial.
Setting:
Four hospitals.
Participants:
Outpatients with chronic stroke (N=33) with mild to moderate motor impairment.
Interventions:
The MT group (n=16) received upper extremity training involving repetitive bimanual, symmetrical movement practice, in which the individual moves the affected limb while watching the reflective illusion of the unaffected limb’s movements from a mirror. The CTgroup received task-oriented upper extremity training. The intensity for both groups was 1.5 hours/day, 5 days/week, for 4 weeks.
Main Outcome Measurements:
The Fugl-Meyer Assessment; kinematic variables, including reaction time, normalized movement time,normalized total displacement, joint recruitment, and maximum shoulder-elbow cross-correlation; the Revised Nottingham Sensory Assessment;the Motor Activity Log; and the ABILHAND questionnaire.
Results:
The MT group performed better in the overall (P=.01) and distal part (P=.04) Fugl-Meyer Assessment scores and demonstrated shorter reaction time (P=.04), shorter normalized total displacement (P=.04), and greater maximum shoulder-elbow cross-correlation (P=.03).The Revised Nottingham Sensory Assessment temperature scores improved significantly more in the MT group than in the CT group. No significant differences on the Motor Activity Log and the ABILHAND questionnaire were found immediately after MT or at follow-up.
Conclusions:
The application of MT after stroke might result(What the fuck will it take to change this to: WILL RESULT IN RECOVERY BY DOING EXACTLY THIS PROTOCOL?) in beneficial effects on movement performance, motor control, and temperature sense, but may not translate into daily functions in the population with chronic stroke.Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013;
2013 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
To compare the effects of mirror therapy (MT) versus control treatment (CT) on movement performance, motor control, sensory recovery, and performance of activities of daily living in people with chronic stroke.
Design:
Single-blinded, randomized controlled trial.
Setting:
Four hospitals.
Participants:
Outpatients with chronic stroke (N=33) with mild to moderate motor impairment.
Interventions:
The MT group (n=16) received upper extremity training involving repetitive bimanual, symmetrical movement practice, in which the individual moves the affected limb while watching the reflective illusion of the unaffected limb’s movements from a mirror. The CTgroup received task-oriented upper extremity training. The intensity for both groups was 1.5 hours/day, 5 days/week, for 4 weeks.
Main Outcome Measurements:
The Fugl-Meyer Assessment; kinematic variables, including reaction time, normalized movement time,normalized total displacement, joint recruitment, and maximum shoulder-elbow cross-correlation; the Revised Nottingham Sensory Assessment;the Motor Activity Log; and the ABILHAND questionnaire.
Results:
The MT group performed better in the overall (P=.01) and distal part (P=.04) Fugl-Meyer Assessment scores and demonstrated shorter reaction time (P=.04), shorter normalized total displacement (P=.04), and greater maximum shoulder-elbow cross-correlation (P=.03).The Revised Nottingham Sensory Assessment temperature scores improved significantly more in the MT group than in the CT group. No significant differences on the Motor Activity Log and the ABILHAND questionnaire were found immediately after MT or at follow-up.
Conclusions:
The application of MT after stroke might result(What the fuck will it take to change this to: WILL RESULT IN RECOVERY BY DOING EXACTLY THIS PROTOCOL?) in beneficial effects on movement performance, motor control, and temperature sense, but may not translate into daily functions in the population with chronic stroke.Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013;
2013 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
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