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• TITLE: Effects of Mirror Therapy on the Lower Limb Functionality Hemiparesis after Stroke

  AUTHORS: Bruno Vieira Cortez, Constância Karyne da Silva Coêlho, Danylo Rafhael Costa Silva, Maria da Conceição Barros Oliveira, Giselle Borges Vieira Pires de Oliveira, Francisco Mayron de Sousa e Silva, Éric Heleno Freire Ferreira Frederico, Danúbia da Cunha de Sá-Caputo, Mario Bernardo-Filho, Janaína de Moraes Silva

  KEYWORDS: Mirror Therapy, Stroke, Hemiparesis, Visual Feedback, Functionality

  JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.8 No.14, November 10, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Introduction: Mental exercise using the mirror therapy (MT) improves the retention of newly acquired skills and the performance of sequential motor skills in subjects with post-stroke hemiparesis. Objectives: The study aimed to analyze the mirror therapy effect on the range of motion and the lower limb functionality in post-stroke hemiparesis subjects. Materials and Methods: Eleven participants with hemiparesis in the lower limb were subjected to the 10 sessions of a MT protocol. The interventions were three times per week per 30 minutes each day. Evaluation of active and passive ankle goniometry (dorsiflexion and eversion movements); Ascent and Descent Ladder Rate (ADLR); Time Up and Go test (TUG test); EFEI scale; and FAAM scale were performed. The data were collected before and after the intervention using MT, and then statistically compared. Results: The MT improved significantly (p