Visual feedback has a strong impact on upper-extremity movement production. One compelling example of this phenomena is the mirror illusion (MI), which has been used as a treatment for post-stroke movement deficits (mirror therapy). Previous research indicates that the MI increases primary motor cortex excitability, and this change in excitability is strongly correlated with the mirror's effect...

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...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of action observation training and mirror therapy to improve on balance and gait function of stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] The participants were randomly allocated to one of three groups: The action observation training with activity group practiced additional action observation training with activity for three 30-minute sess...

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 ...

one of the important elements of islamic architecture is mirror and mirror work. the art of mirror work is a persian traditional art which is usually used in the interior decoration of historical buildings, particular religious buildings. mirror work is considered as a kind of mural painting, but it is different from other types of mural paintings all around the world regarding its conceptual, ...

In this issue, you will find a paper entitled ‘Mirror therapy for phantom limb pain: Brain changes and the role of body representation’ (Foell et al. 2014). Thirteen amputees with chronic phantom limb pain (PLP) participated in a 4-week mirror therapy programme. Functional brain imaging measures taken before and after the programme were related to change in PLP over the same period. Phantom lim...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of mirror therapy on the upper extremity functions of stroke patients. [Subjects] The subjects of this study were 14 hemiplegia patients (8 males, 6 females; 9 infarction, 5 hemorrhage; 8 right hemiplegia, 6 left hemiplegia) who voluntarily consented to participate in the study. [Methods] The Korean version of the manual functio...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of mirror therapy using a tablet PC for post-stroke central facial paresis. METHODS A prospective, randomized controlled study was performed. Twenty-one post-stroke patients were enrolled. All patients performed 15 minutes of orofacial exercise twice daily for 14 days. The mirror group (n=10) underwent mirror therapy using a tablet PC while exercising, whe...

A novel robotic mirror therapy system was recently developed to provide proprioceptive stimulus to the hemiplegic arm during a mirror therapy. Validation of the robotic mirror therapy system was performed to confirm its synchronicity prior to the clinical study. The mean error angle range between the intact arm and the robot was 1.97 to 4.59 degrees. A 56-year-old male who had right middle cere...

objective: this research investigates and compares the effects of short-term cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) and mindfulness based cognitive therapy (mbct) over psychological problems of the patients with binge eating disorder (bed). methods: among patients of sina hospital and other weight loss centers of tehran, 44 people were selected and allocated randomly in cbt (14), mbct (14) and cont...