Mirror Therapy in Stroke

Medipol Health Group

Status: Completed

Conditions: Telerehabilitation; Stroke; Cognitive Therapy

Treatments: Other: Mirror Therapy; Other: Mirror Therapy + Cognitive Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05312905

MirrorCog2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

Little is known about mirror therapy and cognitive exercises applied together in patients with stroke by means of telerehabilitation. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of home-based mirror therapy combined with cognitive exercises on upper extremity functions and cognition in adults with stroke and to compare these effects with mirror therapy alone.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age 40 years old and over having had a stroke having unilateral involvement having sufficient communication skills to answer oral and written questions and following instructions 20< points in MMSE

Exclusion criteria

a stroke history under the age of 40 not having a verbal or written communication level that cannot fulfill the study conditions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Mirror Therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Exercises including mirror therapy will be applied to the participants in the Mirror Therapy group. The mirror will be placed in such a way that the affected extremity of the patient could not be seen behind the mirror and the healthy extremity would be in front of his eyes, the patient will perform the exercises indicated by the physiotherapist with his intact extremity, looking into the mirror. The exercises will be performed in sessions lasting 60 minutes, 3 days a week, over 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Mirror Therapy

Mirror+Cognitive Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

The participants in the Mirror+Cognitive Therapy will be given a cognitive task with the application of mirror therapy. Cognitive tasks with mirror therapy will be applied in sessions lasting 60 minutes, 3 days a week, over 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Mirror Therapy + Cognitive Therapy