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Doing It with Mirrors: A Case Study of a Novel Approach to Neurorehabilitation
K. Sathian, MD, PhD
Program in Restorative Neurology, Department of Neurology, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 1441 Clifton Road, WMRB-6000, Atlanta, GA 30322
Arlene I. Greenspan, DrPH, PT
Program in Restorative Neurology, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 1441 Clifton Road, WMRB-6000, Atlanta, GA 30322
Steven L. Wolf, PhD, FAPTA, PT
Program in Restorative Neurology, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 1441 Clifton Road, WMRB-6000, Atlanta, GA 30322
Arm amputees can experience the perception of movement of a phantom limb while looking at a mirror reflection of the moving, intact arm superimposed on the perceived phantom. Such use of a mirror to provide illusory visual feedback of move ment can be useful in rehabilitation of hemiparetic patients. In this case report, we de scribe the successful application of "mirror therapy" to the post-stroke rehabilitation of a patient with poor functional use of an upper extremity, due mainly to so matosensory deficits. Mirror therapy facilitated employment of a motor copy strategy (bimanual movements) and later progression to "forced use" of the affected arm. The end result was increased functional use of the affected upper limb.
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Vol. 14, No. 1,
73-76 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/154596830001400109
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