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Agency over Phantom Limb Enhanced by Short-Term Mirror Therapy

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017
Most amputees experience phantom limb, whereby they feel that the amputated limb is still present. In some cases, these experiences include pain that can be alleviated by “mirror therapy.” Mirror therapy consists of superimposing a mirrored image of the ...
Shu Imaizumi, Shu Imaizumi, Tomohisa Asai, Shinichi Koyama, Shinichi Koyama   +4 more
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Synergistic Effect of Combined Mirror Therapy on Upper Extremity in Patients With Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Background: There is an increasing trend for researchers to combine mirror therapy with another rehabilitation therapy when treating the upper extremity of patients with stroke.Objective: To evaluate the synergistic effect of combined mirror therapy (MT)
Zhonghua Luo, Yuqing Zhou, He He, Shanshan Lin, Rui Zhu, Zhen Liu, Jiemei Liu, Xiaoli Liu, Shuping Chen, Shuping Chen, Jihua Zou, Jihua Zou, Qing Zeng, Qing Zeng   +13 more
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Mirror and Self

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience & Mental Health, 2021
Beyond its use as a tool for self-viewing, the mirror has functioned as a simple yet useful research tool in many studies of mirror self-recognition. Mirrors provide reflected images of ourselves giving the mirror self-experience.
Orestis Giotakos
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Mirror training to augment cross-education during resistance training: a hypothesis [PDF]

, 2013
Resistance exercise has been shown to be a potent stimulus for neuromuscular adaptations. These adaptations are not confined to the exercising muscle and have been consistently shown to produce increases in strength and neural activity in the ...
Zijdewind, Inge, Hortobágyi, Tibor, Zijdewind, Inge; id_orcid, Tibor Hortobágyi, Howatson, Glyn, Hortobagyi, Tibor; id_orcid, Farthing, Jonathan, Jonathan P Farthing, Tjerk Zult, Zult, Tjerk, Tibor eHortobagyi, Farthing, Jonathan P., Jonathan P. Farthing, Glyn Howatson, Glyn eHowatson, Tjerk eZult, Inge eZijdewind, Inge Zijdewind   +17 more
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EFFECT OF MIRROR THERAPY VERSUS REPETITIVE FACILITATION EXERCISE ON UPPER LIMB FUNCTION IN POST STROKE PATIENT

The Rehabilitation Journal, 2022
Objective: To compare the effects of task-based mirror therapy and Repetitive Facilitation Exercise on upper limb function in post stroke patient.
Saba Karamat, Aruba Saeed, Fizah Mahnoor Khan, Aroosa Tariq   +3 more
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fMRI evidence of ‘mirror’ responses to geometric shapes [PDF]

, 2012
Mirror neurons may be a genetic adaptation for social interaction [1]. Alternatively, the associative hypothesis [2], [3] proposes that the development of mirror neurons is driven by sensorimotor learning, and that, given suitable experience, mirror ...
Heyes, C., Heyes Cecilia, Widmann, H, Clare Press, Press, C., Bird Geoffrey, Catmur, C, Press, C, Heyes, C, Cook, R, Bird, G., Cecilia Heyes, Cook Richard, Geoffrey Bird, Press Clare, Avenanti, A., Widmann Hannah, Heyes, Cecilia, Richard Cook, Bird, Geoffrey; id_orcid, Cook, R., Catmur, Caroline; id_orcid, Widmann, Hannah, Hannah Widmann, Bird, G, Widmann, H., Bird, Geoffrey, Heyes, Cecelia, Catmur, C., Catmur Caroline, Clare Press, Cook, Richard; id_orcid, Press, Clare, Caroline Catmur   +33 more
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EFFECT OF MIRROR THERAPY ON HEMIPARETIC UPPER EXTREMITY IN SUBACUTE STROKE PATIENTS

International Journal of Physiotherapy, 2015
Background: Stroke is one of the most common causes for chronic disability. Only 5 to 20% of stroke survivors attain complete functional recovery of their affected upper extremity.
Roshini Rajappan, Dr. Syed Abudaheer, Karthikeyan Selvaganapathy, Dineshrajan Gokanadason   +3 more
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Therapeutic Effectiveness of Mirror Therapy Combined with Music Therapy on Upper Limb Motor Function in Hemiplegic Patients with Stroke

康复学报, 2023
ObjectiveTo investigate the therapeutic effect of mirror therapy combined with music therapy on the recovery of upper limb function in hemiplegic patients with stroke.MethodsA total of eighty-one stroke patients with upper extremity dysfunction were ...
SHI Bohan, ZHU Yan, MA Shujie, XU Qian, WANG Ping, CHEN Zhu, ZHU Weijia   +6 more
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Comparison of Relative Benefits of Mirror Therapy and Mental Imagery in Phantom Limb Pain in Amputee Patients at a Tertiary Care Center

Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 2020
Objective: To determine the relative benefit of mirror therapy and mental imagery in phantom limb pain. Design: Prospective randomized controlled trial.
Amit Kumar Mallik, MD, Sanjay Kumar Pandey, MD, Ashish Srivastava, MD, Sanyal Kumar, MD, Anjani Kumar, MD   +4 more
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Efficacy and Safety of Mirror Therapy for Post-stroke Dysphagia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Neurology, 2022
BackgroundPost-stroke dysphagia is a common symptom after stroke and one of the most frequent and severe complications of stroke. Over the recent years, mirror therapy has generated significant research interest as a non-invasive therapeutic and ...
Kelin He, Kelin He, Lei Wu, Lei Wu, Fengjia Ni, Xinyun Li, Kang Liang, Ruijie Ma, Ruijie Ma   +8 more
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