‘Medical Evidence’ Archives
hope to millions of arthritis sufferers
Mail Online reports: Mirror therapy gives hope to millions of arthritis sufferers, Symptoms of arthritis can be relieved by a simple therapy using an optical illusion scientists say. A study trialing a technique involving mirrors has proved effective in alleviating joint pain and stiffness. Read more: [...]
motor functioning after stroke: a randomized controlled trial.
Mirror therapy enhances lower-extremity motor recovery and motor functioning after stroke: a randomized controlled trial. Motor recovery and cortical reorganization after mirror therapy in ... To evaluate for any clinical effects of home-based mirror therapy and subsequent cortical reorganization in patients with chronic stroke with moderate [...]
CRPS type 1 after a Stroke
This study shows a significant recovery of grip strength and hand movement of the paretic arm in chronic stroke patients after 2 weeks of intense mirror therapy program. www.rsds.org/pdfsall/Cacchio_etal.pdf
Alternative Treatment for Stroke
Mirror Therapy | Mental Movement Therapy The Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehab also published a study in 2007, comparing the use of mirror therapy with traditional PT to a group that ... www.rehabafterstroke.com/mirror-therapy
Mirror Therapy Mental Movement Therapy
Mirror Therapy | Mental Movement Therapy The Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehab also published a study in 2007, comparing the use of mirror therapy with traditional PT to a group that ... www.rehabafterstroke.com/mirror-therapy Mirror box therapy is use for stroke rehabilitation and CRPS as well as for rehab after an injury and surgery.
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
Back to Basics
Here’s the NOVA episode about Dr. Ramachandran’s discovery of mirror therapy as a treatment for phantom limb pain. Incredibly fascinating episode, mirror therapy starts around 3:30 min but watch it all. This video is for everybody its an easy to understand video on how the brain works. Nova - Secrets Of The Mind Amazing neurological [...]
Effect of Mirror Therapy on Recovery of Upper – KoreaMed – Basic …
METHOD: Fourty subacute hemiplegic stroke patients (onset <6 months) were enrolled and randomly assigned to either the mirror therapy (MT, n=19), ... www.koreamed.org/SearchBasic.php?RID=0041JKARM/... Abstract OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of mirror therapy on recovery of upper limb function and strength in subacute hemiplegia after [...]
Phantom Pain & Perception – Lloyd Johnson
showing dramatic success...Researchers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center recently published the results of a randomized trial of mirror therapy for soldiers with phantom-limb pain, . .. Lloyd Johnson - http://www.lloydy.id.au/blog/
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