Effectiveness of Mirror Therapy in Patients with Post-Stroke Shoulder-Hand Syndrome .
Effects of mirror therapy on oedema, pain and functional activities in patients with poststroke shoulder-hand syndrome: A randomized controlled trial.
Physiother Res Int. 2021 Jul;26(3): e1902.Thirty-eight patients with post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome were randomized to receive a 4 week post-stroke supervised rehabilitation program with the use of mirror therapy (n=19) or without mirror therapy (n=19). Outcomes of interest included edema measured using the figure-of-eight method, pain intensity on a Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), and functional activity on the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). Outcomes were assessed upon completion of the 4 week treatment program, as well as at 2 weeks post-treatment. Results revealed significantly greater improvements in edema, pain intensity, and functional activity scores in the mirror therapy group compared to the control group (p<0.05 for all).
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