中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2023, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (12): 2703-2704.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.373701

• 观点:神经损伤修复保护与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

镜子治疗需要一面镜子吗?

  

  • 出版日期:2023-12-15 发布日期:2023-06-15

Is a mirror necessary for mirror therapy?

Richard G. Carson*, Alannah Morley   

  1. Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (Carson RG) 
    School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK (Carson RG)
    School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (Morley A) 
  • Online:2023-12-15 Published:2023-06-15
  • Contact: Richard G. Carson, PhD, Richard.Carson@tcd.ie.

摘要: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1190-2814 (Richard G. Carson) 

Abstract: Since it was first described as a method to treat phantom limb pain, mirror therapy (MT) has been applied in many areas of rehabilitation. Its seminal application with the aim of restoring motor function following stroke is considered to be that of Altschuler et al. (1999). The key features of MT in this context are that the stroke survivor performs movements of the less-impaired limb while looking in a mirror, that is positioned such that the reflected image gives rise to the impression that the more-impaired limb is also moving. In most discussions of the means through which MT exerts therapeutic effects, emphasis is placed upon an instrumental role of the visual feedback provided by the mirror. Although it is known that such feedback increases the excitability of corticospinal projections to the quiescent limb, there is scant evidence that this in itself gives rise to subsequent increases in functional movement capacity (Carson et al., 2016).