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KMID : 1036120110030010073
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Korean Society of Medicine & Therapy Science
2011 Volume.3 No. 1 p.73 ~ p.81
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Effects of a Mirror Therapy on Stroke Patient’s Mobility
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Woo Young-Geun
Park Ju-Hyung
Jung Ho-Bal
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Abstract
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Objective: This study examined the effects of mirror therapy on stroke patients’ recover y of lower extremity function, balance ability, mobility, and center of pressure (COP) mo vement.
Method: Forty stroke patients were allocated randomly and equally to a mirror therapy group and a control group. They received physical, occupational, and speech therapies. T he mirror therapy group received training with a mirror reflecting the non-affected side and the control group without a mirror reflecting the non-affected side. Training was ap plied thirty minutes each time, five times per week, for 8 weeks. Fugl Meyer assessmen t of low extremity (FMLE), Korean version of Berg balance scale (K-BBS), functional g ait assessment (FGA), and gaitview to measure COP movement were used as measurem ent tools.
Result: There was no significant difference in FMLE between the mirror therapy group and the control group, but the mirror therapy group saw significant improvements in KBBS, FGA, and COP relative to the control group (p<.05). Regarding comparis on within each group, the mirror therapy group’s FMLE and COP(p<.05) and the group’s K-BBS and FGA(p<.05) significantly improved. The control group’s FMLE and K-BBS improve d during the eight weeks(p<.05) and FGA and COP saw no statistically significant impr ovements.
Conclusion: Mirror therapy is considered an efficient training method to enhance stroke patients’ mobility.
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KEYWORD
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Mirror therapy, Mobility, Stroke
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