mirror box therapy » Latest Medical News http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com Therapy That Works Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:52:47 +0000 en hourly 1 BBC Report on Phantom Limb and Mirrors http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/bbc-report-on-phantom-limb-and-mirrors/ http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/bbc-report-on-phantom-limb-and-mirrors/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:52:47 +0000 http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/?p=1058 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

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]]> http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/bbc-report-on-phantom-limb-and-mirrors/feed/ 0 Mirror therapy may help to reduce the pain of arthritis http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/mirror-therapy-may-help-to-reduce-the-pain-of-arthritis/ http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/mirror-therapy-may-help-to-reduce-the-pain-of-arthritis/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:23:34 +0000 http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/?p=1046 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 common drugs used to treat the condition.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/nov/14/mirror-therapy-reduces-pain-arthritis?commentpage=last#end-of-comments

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]]> http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/mirror-therapy-may-help-to-reduce-the-pain-of-arthritis/feed/ 0 children with hemiplegia a pilot study http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/children-with-hemiplegia-a-pilot-study/ http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/children-with-hemiplegia-a-pilot-study/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:52:12 +0000 http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/?p=950 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

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]]> http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/children-with-hemiplegia-a-pilot-study/feed/ 0 auditory and visual feedback using a mirror box http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/auditory-and-visual-feedback-using-a-mirror-box/ http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/auditory-and-visual-feedback-using-a-mirror-box/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:37:22 +0000 http://ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/?p=866 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

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]]> http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/auditory-and-visual-feedback-using-a-mirror-box/feed/ 0 mirror therapy…is more effective…stroke rehabilitation http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/mirror-therapy-is-more-effective-stroke-rehabilitation/ http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/mirror-therapy-is-more-effective-stroke-rehabilitation/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:39:44 +0000 http://ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/?p=850 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 functioning in 40 patients in the subacute phase post- stroke.

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]]> http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/mirror-therapy-is-more-effective-stroke-rehabilitation/feed/ 0 fMRI study on mirror induced visual illusions in patients with stroke. http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/fmri-study-on-mirror-induced-visual-illusions-in-patients-with-stroke/ http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/fmri-study-on-mirror-induced-visual-illusions-in-patients-with-stroke/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:51:37 +0000 http://ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/?p=790 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…

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]]> http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/fmri-study-on-mirror-induced-visual-illusions-in-patients-with-stroke/feed/ 0 ‘Mirror Therapy’ Appears to Reduce Post-Amputation Pain http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/mirror-therapy-appears-reduce-postamputation-pain/ http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/mirror-therapy-appears-reduce-postamputation-pain/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:25:59 +0000 http://ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/?p=719 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

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]]> http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/mirror-therapy-appears-reduce-postamputation-pain/feed/ 0 Mirror therapy improves hand function in subacute stroke http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/mirror-therapy-improves-hand-function-subacute-stroke-2/ http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/mirror-therapy-improves-hand-function-subacute-stroke-2/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:14:27 +0000 http://ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/?p=690 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 …
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]]> http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/mirror-therapy-improves-hand-function-subacute-stroke-2/feed/ 0 stroke rehabilitation, A Pilot Study http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/stroke-rehabilitation-pilot-study/ http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/stroke-rehabilitation-pilot-study/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:46:38 +0000 http://ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/?p=675 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 therapy is a form of observation technique and has been used in stroke rehabilitation. It has been observed to work on patients performing a variety …
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]]> http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/stroke-rehabilitation-pilot-study/feed/ 0 Compelling evidence mirror therapy works http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/compelling-evidence-mirror-therapy-works/ http://www.ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/compelling-evidence-mirror-therapy-works/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:29:07 +0000 http://ireflex.co.uk/mirrorboxtherapy.com/?p=668 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

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