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Mirror therapy for improving lower limb motor function and mobility after stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis by P. Broderick; F. Horgan; C. Blake; M. Ehrensberger; D. Simpson; K. Monaghan is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background: Mirror therapy has been proposed as an effective intervention for lower limb rehabilitation post stroke. ## Research question: This systematic review with meta-analysis examined if lower limb mirror therapy improved the primary outcome measures of muscle tone and motor function and the secondary outcome measures balance characteristics, functional ambulation, walking velocity, passive range of motion (prom) for ankle dorsiflexion and gait characteristics in patients with stroke compared to other interventions. ## Methods: Standardised mean differences (smd) and mean differences (md) were used to assess the effect of mirror therapy on lower limb functioning. ## Results: Nine studies were included in the review. among the primary outcome measures there was evidence of a significant effect of mirror therapy on motor function compared with sham and non-sham interventions (smd 0.54; 95% ci 0.24-0.93). furthermore, among the secondary outcome measures there was evidence of a significant effect of mirror therapy for balance capacity (smd -0.55; 95% ci -1.01 to -0.10), walking velocity (smd 0.71; 95% ci 0.35-1.07), prom for ankle dorsiflexion (smd 1.20; 95% ci 0.71-1.69) and

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Author

P. Broderick; F. Horgan; C. Blake; M. Ehrensberger; D. Simpson; K. Monaghan

Published

2018

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)