‘Latest Medical News’ Archives
BBC Report on Phantom Limb and Mirrors
The University of California San Diego (UCSD) announced the results of a small pilot study which suggests that a simple mind trick involving mirrors can help ease the pain of osteoarthritis, a condition that affects one in 10 people. Full Story: - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15938103
Mirror therapy may help to reduce the pain of arthritis
Scientists have demonstrated a cheap and simple therapy that uses an optical illusion to ease joint pain and stiffness in people with arthritis. The results of a small pilot study suggest the technique could help millions of people who experience the pain of inflamed joints without resorting to higher doses of painkillers and steroids, the most [...]
children with hemiplegia a pilot study
Mirror therapy in children with hemiplegia: a pilot study. Mirror therapy, which provides the visual illusion of a functional paretic limb by using the mirror reflection of the non-paretic arm, is used in the ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21410693
auditory and visual feedback using a mirror box
In this artical we see how auditory feedback and visual feedback using mirror box therapy as helpful in the treatment of phantom pain. http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_internet_journal_of_rehabilitation/volume_1_number_2_72/article_printable/auditory-feedback-in-the-treatment-of-upper-limb-phantom-pain-a-medical-hypothesis.html
mirror therapy…is more effective…stroke rehabilitation
mirror therapy combined with standard therapy is more effective than standard therapy alone for improving motor recovery: - http://strokengine.ca/index.php?page=topic&subpage=indepth&id=49&status=81&sid=68 This study of Mirror Box Therapy investigated the effect of mirror therapy on motor recovery, spasticity and hand related [...]
fMRI study on mirror induced visual illusions in patients with stroke.
The neuronal correlates of mirror therapy: an fMRI study on mirror ... The neuronal correlates of mirror therapy: an fMRI study on mirror induced visual illusions in patients with stroke. Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2010 See ... www.tripdatabase.com/.../1084258-The-neuronal-correlates-of...
‘Mirror Therapy’ Appears to Reduce Post-Amputation Pain
A technique called mirror therapy can help reduce phantom pain in soldiers who've had limbs amputated, a new study shows... http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100253523
Mirror therapy improves hand function in subacute stroke
Mirror therapy improves hand function in subacute stroke: a ... Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of mirror therapy in the upper limb rehabilitation of people with ... the mirror group received 30 minutes of mirror therapy ... 12218-portal.memberconnex.com/Folder?Action...
stroke rehabilitation, A Pilot Study
Following the discovery of mirror neurons by di Pellegrino and the introduction of mirror therapy by Ramachandran, recent researches on mirror neurons have led researchers to believe that observation based interventions may be an important component of successful stroke rehabilitation...i-CREATe 2010 - OpenConf Conference Management System Mirror [...]
Compelling evidence mirror therapy works
NEJM -- Mirror Therapy for Chronic Complex Regional Pain Syndrome ... Correspondence from The New England Journal of Medicine -- Mirror Therapy for Chronic Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 and Stroke -- Figure 1. https://content.nejm.org/cgi/content-nw/full/361/6/634/F1