Mirror therapy in children with hemiparesis: a randomized observer-blinded trial.

Bruchez, Roselyn; Jequier Gygax, Marine; Roches, Sylvie; Fluss, Joel; Jacquier, David; Ballabeni, Pierluigi; Grunt, Sebastian; Newman, Christopher J (2016). Mirror therapy in children with hemiparesis: a randomized observer-blinded trial. Developmental medicine and child neurology, 58(9), pp. 970-978. Wiley 10.1111/dmcn.13117

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AIM

To determine the efficacy of mirror therapy in children with hemiparesis.

METHOD

The design was an observer-blinded parallel-group randomized controlled trial (International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number 48748291). Randomization was computer-generated, 1:1 allocation to mirror therapy or comparison groups. The settings were home-based intervention and tertiary centre assessments. Participants were 90 children with hemiparesis aged 7 to 17 years. Intervention was 15 minutes per day of simultaneous arm training, 5 days a week, for 5 weeks. The mirror therapy group used a mirror; those in the comparison group looked at their paretic limb. Assessments comprised measures of upper limb strength, function (Melbourne Assessment 2), daily performance (ABILHAND-Kids), and sensory function at weeks 0 (T0 ), 5 (T1 ), and 10 (T2 ).

RESULTS

There were no significant differences in outcomes and their progression over time between the mirror therapy and comparison groups. Post-hoc intention-to-treat analyses showed significant improvements in both groups for grasp strength (T0 -T1 +12.6%), pinch strength (T0 -T2 +9.1%), upper limb function in terms of accuracy (T0 -T2 +2.7%) and fluency (T0 -T2 +5.0%), as well as daily performance (T0 -T2 +16.6%). Per protocol analyses showed additional improvements in dexterity (T0 -T2 +4.0%).

INTERPRETATION

The use of the mirror illusion during therapy had no significant effect on treatment outcomes. However, 5 weeks of daily simultaneous arm training significantly improved paretic upper limb strength, function, and daily use.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine > Neuropaediatrics

UniBE Contributor:

Grunt, Sebastian

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0012-1622

Publisher:

Wiley

Language:

English

Submitter:

Anette van Dorland

Date Deposited:

24 May 2017 08:43

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:03

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/dmcn.13117

PubMed ID:

27046296

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.95821

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/95821

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