Deans' stroke musings: Effects of a virtual reality–based mirror therapy program on improving sensorimotor function of hands in chronic stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Effects of a virtual reality–based mirror therapy program on improving sensorimotor function of hands in chronic stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial

And you really think chronic patients will be able to afford virtual reality and the therapist to go with it since insurance has long ago stopped paying for anything?

Effects of a virtual reality–based mirror therapy program on improving sensorimotor function of hands in chronic stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair (NNR) , Volume 36(6) , Pgs. 335-345.

NARIC Accession Number: J89571. What's this?
ISSN: 1545-9683.
Author(s): Hsu, Hsiu-Yun; Kuo, Li-Chieh; Lin, Yu-Ching; Su, Fong-Chin; Yang, Tai-Hua; Lin, Che-Wei.
Publication Year: 2022.
Number of Pages: 11.

Abstract:

Study investigated the differences in the effects of using conventional occupational therapy (COT), mirror therapy (MT), and virtual reality-based MT (VR-MT) training on the sensorimotor function of the upper limb in chronic stroke patients. A total of 54 chronic stroke patients were randomized into a COT, MT, or VR-MT group. In addition to 20-minute sessions of task-specific training, patients received programs of 30 minutes of VR-MT, 30 minutes of MT, and 30 minutes of COT in the VR-MT, MT, and COT groups, respectively, twice a week for 9 weeks. The Fugl-Meyer motor assessment for the upper extremities (FM-UE; primary outcome), Semmes-Weinstein monofilament, motor activity log, modified Ashworth scale, and the Box and Block Test (BBT) were recorded at pre-treatment, post-intervention, and 12-week follow-up. Fifty-two participants completed the study. There was no statistically significant group-by-time interaction effects on the FM-UE score. Meanwhile, there were statistically significant group-by-time interaction effects on the wrist sub-score of the FM-UE and the BBT. The results partially supported the hypothesis that VR-MT has better effects on enhancing the motor function of the affected upper limb in stroke participants.
Descriptor Terms: COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, INTERVENTION, LIMBS, MOTOR SKILLS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, OUTCOMES, REHABILITATION SERVICES, STROKE, THERAPEUTIC TRAINING.

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Citation: Hsu, Hsiu-Yun, Kuo, Li-Chieh, Lin, Yu-Ching, Su, Fong-Chin, Yang, Tai-Hua, Lin, Che-Wei. (2022). Effects of a virtual reality–based mirror therapy program on improving sensorimotor function of hands in chronic stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair (NNR) , 36(6), Pgs. 335-345. Retrieved 9/27/2022, from REHABDATA database.