October 25, 2022

025: Mirror Mirror on the Wall (Mirror Box Therapy) with Miranda Materi OTD, OTR/L, CHT

41 minutes

Take a look in the mirror! Have you ever used mirror box therapy to help restore normal movement patterns? Join us where we reunite with Miranda Materi OTD, OTR/L, CHT from Phoenix, AZ discuss how Mirror Box Therapy can help with many different diagnoses from amputations to CRPS and even just stiffness. Miranda dives into how Mirror Box Therapy can be built at home in a “do it yourself” fashion or references where to buy a Mirror Box Kit. Please refer below for newer research articles found to support use of Mirror Box Therapy with your hand patients!

CRPS and Mirror Box

G. Lorimer Moseley, Alberto Gallace, Charles Spence,

Is mirror therapy all it is cracked up to be? Current evidence and future directions,

PAIN,Volume 138, Issue 1,2008,Pages 7-10, ISSN 0304-3959 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2008.06.026.

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304395908003710)

Amputees and Mirror Box

Timms, Jason, and Catherine Carus. "Mirror therapy for the alleviation of phantom limb pain following amputation: A literature review." International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 22.3 (2015): 135-145.

Stroke and Mirror Box

Thieme H, Morkisch N, Mehrholz J, Pohl M, Behrens J, Borgetto B, Dohle C. Mirror therapy for improving motor function after stroke. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD008449. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008449.pub3. Accessed 05 October 2022.

Hand Trauma and Mirror Box

Grünert-Plüss, Nicole, et al. "Mirror therapy in hand rehabilitation: a review of the literature, the St Gallen protocol for mirror therapy and evaluation of a case series of 52 patients." The British Journal of Hand Therapy 13.1 (2008): 4-11.

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