Deans' stroke musings: The Application of Mirror Therapy in Ischemic Stroke Patients with Hemiparesis to Improve Upper Extremity Muscle Strength

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Thursday, June 19, 2025

The Application of Mirror Therapy in Ischemic Stroke Patients with Hemiparesis to Improve Upper Extremity Muscle Strength

You mean we still don't have mirror therapy or augmented reality protocols? HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO BE FIRED FOR EXTREME INCOMPETENCE?

mirror therapy (129 posts to February 2016)

The Application of Mirror Therapy in Ischemic Stroke Patients with Hemiparesis to Improve Upper Extremity Muscle Strength

Shafira Youanita GunawanFaculty of Nursing, University of Indonesia
Anggri Noorana ZahraFaculty of Nursing, University of Indonesia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.70920/jahns.v1i3.202

Keywords: ischemic stroke, hemiparesis, mirror therapy, muscle strength, rehabilitation

Abstract

Background: Ischemic stroke is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, with hemiparesis being the most common clinical manifestation after stroke. Hemiparesis may reduce muscle strength and increase the risk of complications such as joint contractures

Methods: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of mirror therapy in improving upper extremity muscle strength in a 45-year-old male patient with ischemic stroke and left-sided hemiparesis. A case study design was used, with the intervention carried out over five consecutive days. The therapy consisted of adaptation exercises, basic movements, variations, and combination exercises, each repeated eight times.

Results: The evaluation showed an improvement in upper extremity muscle strength from a score of 5555 | 4432 to 5555 | 4443. Additionally, there were no observed decreases in physical tolerance or therapy-related injuries.

Conclusion: These findings suggest that mirror therapy is an effective, safe, and feasible rehabilitation intervention that can be implemented by nursing professionals in clinical settings for stroke patients with hemiparesis.