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KMID : 1035420180060030123
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Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
2018 Volume.6 No. 3 p.123 ~ p.130
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The Effects of Mirror Therapy with Functional Electrical Stimulation Therapy for The Stroke Patients
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Lee MIn-Jae
Koo Hyun-Mo
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Abstract
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Purpose : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of mirror therapy with functional electrical stimulation to improve upper extremity motor function and activities of daily living(ADL) for stroke patients.
Method : Thirty patients were randomly allocated to the experimental and control groups with 15 patients in each group. All subjects were given the general occupational therapy consisting of five 30 min sessions per week for 8 weeks, in addition to 30 min of mirror therapy with functional electrical stimulation for the experimental group and 30 min of functional electrical stimulation for the control group for each session. To measure the functions of the upper limb and performance capacities in the ADL, the Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA), Manual Function Test (MFT), Modified Barthel Index (MBI) were used before and after the intervention.
Results : Both the experimental and control groups showed a statistically significant increase in post-treatment FMA, MFT and MBI scores as compared to the pre-treatment scores (p<.05). Intergroup comparisons found that the experimental group showed a statistically significant increase in scores of all assessments compared to the control group (p<.05).
Conclusion : Based on these results, it is reasonable to conclude that mirror therapy with functional electrical stimulation is an effective intervention method to improve upper limb motor function and the ability to perform ADL in patients with stroke patients.
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KEYWORD
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stroke, mirror therapy, functional electrical stimulation, activities of daily living
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