Author/Authors :
Li , Yi-chun School of Occupational Therapy - College of Medicine - National Taiwan University - Taipei, Taiwan , Lin , Keh-chung School of Occupational Therapy - College of Medicine - National Taiwan University - Taipei, Taiwan , Wu , Ching-yi Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Linkou, Taiwan , Hsieh , Yu-wei Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Linkou, Taiwan , Chen, Chia-ling Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Linkou, Taiwan , Yao, Grace Department of Psychology - National Taiwan University - Taipei, Taiwan , Lee , Ya-Yun School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy - College of Medicine - National Taiwan University - Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Theprimingeffectofmirrorvisualfeedbackcanbesimplyprovidedbyinexpensivemirrortherapy(MT),whichexhibits
beneficialeffectsonsensorimotorrecoveryinstroke.Thepresentstudywasasingle-blindpretest-postteststudythatexamined
whethertheprimingeffectofmirrorvisualfeedbackonbilateraltaskpracticewouldrenderbetteroutcomes.Twenty-three
patientswithchronicstrokewererandomizedtoreceivehospital-basedtask-orientedMTorbilateralarmtraining(BAT)for4
weeksat90minutes/day,3days/weekandahomepracticefor30-40minutes/day,5days/week.Therewasthepotentialtrend
forMTtoimprovetemperaturesenseasmeasuredbytherevisedNottinghamSensoryAssessment(Cohen’sd=1:00;95%
confidenceinterval,-0.09to2.09),andMTincreasedtheStrokeImpactScale3.0totalscore(d=0:89;0.003to1.71).MTalso
showedatrendforgreaterimprovementsintheMotorActivityLog(amountofuse:d=0:62;-0.24to1.44;qualityof
movement:d=0:50;-0.35to1.31).MTinvolvingbilateralmovementpracticewiththeprimingeffectofmirrorvisualfeedback
mayrenderbeneficialeffects.TheunilateralapproachorMTaugmentedbyextrafeedbackmightbeappropriatemodifications
Keywords :
Priming Effects , Mirror Visual Feedback , Bilateral Task Practice , A Randomized Controlled Study , MT
