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Clinical Evaluation of the Effects of Mirror Therapy in Patients With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Type 1:Prospective Randomized Single Blind Controlled Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating mirror therapy and Routine physical therapy and exercise program for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I. Completed, enrolled 36 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
CRPS Type 1 can occur after traumas, surgical applications or central nervous system disorders. The triggering factor in CRPS type 1 is fracture in about half of the cases. Mirror therapy is an innovative treatment approach that is cheap, easy to administer and non-invasive. It is thought that this treatment may be complementary to other rehabilitation methods.Neurophysiologic effects of mirror therapy are noted in the brain, especially in the parietal region, cerebellum, basal ganglia and premotor cortex. Mirror therapy is also effective through the mirror neuron system. Mirror therapy triggers neuroplasticity by increasing the connection between neurons in the brain and thereby enhances communication between the motor and the sensory cortex. Recent studies have shown the positive effects of mirror therapy in patients with CRPS Type 1 disease. There are two randomized controlled trials showing the efficacy of mirror therapy in patients with CRPS Type 1 after stroke. Only one pilot study was performed in patients with CRPS Type 1 who were traumatic origin. There are no randomized controlled trials investigating the efficacy of mirror therapy in CRPS Type 1 patients who developed secondary to trauma in the literature. The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical effects of mirror therapy applied in addition to routine rehabilitation program in patients with traumatic CRPS Type 1. The investigators hypothesized that adjunctive mirror therapy to classical rehabilitation program would result in better outcomes compared with the classical program only.
Study Details
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Interventions
Mirror therapy will include wrist flexion/extension, ulnar/radial deviation, hand finger flexion/extension and abduction/adduction, thumb abduction/adduction/opposition, and forearm supination/pronation movements as well as various object grasping activities according to the status of the patient's hand functions.
Routine physical therapy and exercise program including contrast baths, hot pack, TENS, desensitization, exercises and occupational therapy will be applied to all patients