This is awesome, wow to see the improvement firsthand 🙌🏽 I’m definitely going to try this. Do you recommend using a two sided mirror? Or just needing the mirror image to be facing the dominant hand?
vittorio bartoli I have a video in this channel that shows how to apply mirror therapy for drop foot. You can use them same setup to train knee extension as well. Depends on where the patients weakness is.
Very interesting and great results. Just out of curiosity, could a healthy person use a similar method to improve dexterity in the non-dominant hand? Or for muscle training, to achieve similar results in both arms?
PhiNics there is one study that I know of that has looked at this: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27642526 So yes, it could work. But only if the motor pattern you want to "transfer" to the other hand is highly automated already.
I've just started this with RCVA, L side affect who has impulse control problems and severe L side neglect. Tips to improve the quantity of time she maintains focus on the mirror, please.
Which excercises are best to improve hand and finger functions of paralysed hand how long its take the improvement to be seen in hand I have zero movement in hand and fingers how long its take to get movement back pls answer
That is impossible to answer. It depends if there is also a loss of sensation. In some function starts to come back right away, in others it takes weeks or months or does not improve at all. You can try mirror therapy and see if afterwards there is any improvement. A good sign in general is, when the illusion works and you think the affected side moves. Then at least the brain is able to make that connection.
What if the affected side has no feeling? My spouse would love to play the guitar again and holding a pick is very difficult. He has tried many adaptive picks, but all fall off.
I'm working with a patient s/p R sided CVA with pretty good proximal arm function and some hand function including gross grasp and release, key pinch and some tip pinch with visual monitoring. Bigger problem is poor hand sensation. Can't localize firm pinch to correct finger for example. Have you seen sensory awareness improve with mirror therapy?
thanks for sharing video, now i am going to make mirror therapy box by using LCD screen, Sonu Model Makers India.
This is awesome, wow to see the improvement firsthand 🙌🏽 I’m definitely going to try this. Do you recommend using a two sided mirror? Or just needing the mirror image to be facing the dominant hand?
You just need the mirror image of the good side moving.
i have had a migraine which feels like a stroke to me right now awaiting results I'm day 9 and can't dress myself yet.... i will update soon x
Great results, How I could apply it to the leg in a patient after stroke?
vittorio bartoli I have a video in this channel that shows how to apply mirror therapy for drop foot. You can use them same setup to train knee extension as well. Depends on where the patients weakness is.
Very interesting and great results. Just out of curiosity, could a healthy person use a similar method to improve dexterity in the non-dominant hand? Or for muscle training, to achieve similar results in both arms?
PhiNics there is one study that I know of that has looked at this:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27642526
So yes, it could work.
But only if the motor pattern you want to "transfer" to the other hand is highly automated already.
I've just started this with RCVA, L side affect who has impulse control problems and severe L side neglect. Tips to improve the quantity of time she maintains focus on the mirror, please.
kldoty62 with neglect you have to put the mirror at an angle of about 30 degrees. Otherwise try different materials and see what works best.
How do you open your hands?
Which excercises are best to improve hand and finger functions of paralysed hand how long its take the improvement to be seen in hand I have zero movement in hand and fingers how long its take to get movement back pls answer
That is impossible to answer. It depends if there is also a loss of sensation. In some function starts to come back right away, in others it takes weeks or months or does not improve at all. You can try mirror therapy and see if afterwards there is any improvement. A good sign in general is, when the illusion works and you think the affected side moves. Then at least the brain is able to make that connection.
@@MatthiasWeinberger . For me not improved at all
What if the affected side has no feeling? My spouse would love to play the guitar again and holding a pick is very difficult. He has tried many adaptive picks, but all fall off.
Just give it a try. Sometimes Patients describe a slight improvement in feeling in the affected side after therapy.
I'm working with a patient s/p R sided CVA with pretty good proximal arm function and some hand function including gross grasp and release, key pinch and some tip pinch with visual monitoring. Bigger problem is poor hand sensation. Can't localize firm pinch to correct finger for example. Have you seen sensory awareness improve with mirror therapy?
Yes, sensation also improves. Not completely, but enough so that fine motor function becomes better.