%0 Journal Article
%T The Effect of Mirror Therapy on Upper Extremity Motor Function and Motor Recovery in Stroke Patients
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%D 2018
%X To evaluate the effectiveness of mirror therapy on improvement of motor functions of the upper extremity in patients with stroke. Fifty-three stroke patients were included this study. Patients were assigned to either an mirror therapy group (n=30) or a control group (n=20). All patients were enrolled in a conventional rehabilitation program for 4 weeks, 60 minutes, and 5 days a week. Patients in the study group received additional 30 minutes of mirror therapy for five days a week for four weeks. Patients were evaluated at the beginning of the rehabilitation program (pre-treatment), at the end of the 4th week (after the treatment) and 12 weeks (follow-up). Brunnstrom recovery stage of arm and hand, Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and Modified Ashworht Scale (MAS) were used to evaluate the patient¡¯s upper extremity motor recovery, function and spasticity. After one month of treatment and follow-up evaluation patients of both groups showed statistically significant improvement in all the variables except spasticity (all for p<0.001). No significant differences in Brunnstrom stage, FIM were found between groups (Respectively s£¿ras£¿yla p=0.607, p=0.790, p=0.146, p=0.123). There was no statistically significant change in wrist flexor spasticity in both the study group and the control group after treatment (p = 0.240). There was no statistically significant difference in the spasticity of the wrist flexor muscles were found between groups (p = 0.731). In our study, the superiority of mirror therapy to conventional therapy was not determined. There is still a need for well-planned studies to standardize mirror therapy so that it can be used more effectively in stroke rehabilitation in the future
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%K Rehabilitasyon
%K Ayna tedavis
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/baktipd/issue/39143/459864