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Effectiveness of Mirror Therapy in Patients with Post-Stroke Shoulder-Hand Syndrome

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September 2021

Effectiveness of Mirror Therapy in Patients with Post-Stroke Shoulder-Hand Syndrome

Vol: 85| Issue: 1| Number:1| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

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.

Contributing Authors:
S Saha M Sur G Ray Chaudhuri S Agarwal

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Synopsis

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 Independe...

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