BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Mirror therapy is a new form of stroke rehabilitation that uses the mirror reflection of the unaffected hand in place of the affected hand to augment movement training. The mechanism of mirror therapy is not known but is thought to involve changes in cerebral organization. We used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to measure changes in cortical activity during mirror trainin...

PURPOSE To describe changes in joint motion, sensibility, and scar pliability and to investigate the patients' expectations, self-reported recovery, and satisfaction with hand function, disability, and quality of life after surgery and hand therapy for Dupuytren disease. METHODS This prospective cohort study collected measurements before surgery and 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery and hand ...

Ewing's sarcoma (ES) is a highly malignant neoplasm of childhood and adolescence seen commonly in both axial and appendicular skeleton but uncommonly in acral region. Ewing’s tumor in the hand is extraordinarily rare. Radiological features are variable and can mimic other common lesions. We present a case of 13 year old female, with complaints of pain and swelling in right hand, which on X-ray ...

background: despite a general consensus regarding the impacts of early excision and grafting (ee and g) of burned hand on the reducing of treatment cost and hospital stay, there are some controversial issues about its eff ect on the outcome of hand function.th is study conducted to compare the results of the ee and g and delayed skin grafting in deep hand burns regarding the hand functional out...

Objective: To evaluate the effects of mirror therapy on pper-extremity motor recovery, spasticity, and hand-related unctioning of inpatients with subacute stroke. Design: Randomized, controlled, assessor-blinded, 4-week rial, with follow-up at 6 months. Setting: Rehabilitation education and research hospital. Participants: A total of 40 inpatients with stroke (mean age, 3.2y), all within 12 mon...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of mirror therapy on upper-extremity motor recovery, spasticity, and hand-related functioning of inpatients with subacute stroke. DESIGN Randomized, controlled, assessor-blinded, 4-week trial, with follow-up at 6 months. SETTING Rehabilitation education and research hospital. PARTICIPANTS A total of 40 inpatients with stroke (mean age, 63.2y), all within ...

objetives: recovery of upper limb motor function in stroke is limited. different approaches are used to improve the upper limb function, but none has satisfactory results. the present study investigated the effect of task related training and role of hand dominance in upper limb motor function rehabilitation in stroke population. methods: a convenient sample of 32 subjects divided into 4 groups...

Conversion disorder is an illness which manifests itself as Pseudoneurologic syndromes that hides an emotional conflict. This disorder covers 5 to 15 percent of the psychiatric consultations. In this case report, a young Iranian woman who was referred due to flexion contracture of the left wrist and inability to open her hand voluntarily is presented. During the course of therapy, some evidence...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of stellate ganglion blockade (SGB) in patients with complex regional pain syndromes (CRPS I) of their hands. METHODS After IRB approval and patient informed consent, 25 subjects, with a clinical diagnosis of CRPS I of one hand as defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) criteria, had three SGB's p...