學院	醫學院
系所	職能治療學系
題名	The priming effects of mirror visual feedback on bilateral task practice: A randomized controlled study.
作者	Li, Y-C., Wu C-Y., Hsieh Y-W., Lin K-C., Yao K-P., Chen C-L., & Lee Y-Y.
期刊名稱	Occupational Therapy International
發表日期	2019
著作性質	原著
語文	英文
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摘要	Objective: The priming effect of mirror visual feedback can be simply provided by inexpensive mirror therapy (MT), which exhibits beneficial effects on sensorimotor recovery in stroke. Methods: The present study was a single-blind pretest-posttest study that examined whether the priming effect of mirror visual feedback on bilateral task practice would render better outcomes. Twenty-three patients with chronic stroke were randomized to receive hospital-based task-oriented MT or bilateral arm training (BAT) for 4 weeks at 90 minutes/day, 3 days/week and a home practice for 30-40 minutes/day, 5 days/week. Results: There was the potential trend for MT to improve temperature sense as measured by the revised Nottingham Sensory Assessment (Cohen’s d = 1:00; 95% confidence interval, -0.09 to 2.09), and MT increased the Stroke Impact Scale 3.0 total score (d = 0:89; 0.003 to 1.71). MT also showed a trend for greater improvements in the Motor Activity Log (amount of use: d = 0:62; -0.24 to 1.44; quality of movement: d = 0:50; -0.35 to 1.31). Conclusion: MT involving bilateral movement practice with the priming effect of mirror visual feedback may render beneficial effects. The unilateral approach or MT augmented by extra feedback might be appropriate modifications.