Effect of mirror therapy on upper extremity functional and motor skills among patients with chronic stroke

Background: Mirror therapy is one of the cognitive-induced interventions based on mirror neurons neurologic grounds. Aim: to evaluate effect upper extremity functional and motor skills among chronic stroke patients. Design: a quasi-experimental design (pre/post-test). Setting: The study was conducted at Egypt Health care Authority, Port Said hospitals ICU departments. Subjects: All patients (50) with who were admitted previously mentioned settings time data collection, which chosen using convenient sampling technique. Tools: Three tools used for collection: Tool 1: Structured interview questionnaire; 2: Fugl-Meyer assessment, lower limb function (FMA); 3: Brunnstrom stages, 4: Functional Independence Measure (FIM). 5: Modified Ashworth Scale. Results: results illustrated that group showed significant differences in muscle strength, range motion wrist extension, tone flexors post-test compared pre-test as demonstrated by Dualer IQ Inclinometer (p<0.05).