International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• Original Research Article   
  Efficacy of Virtual Mirror Therapy vs. Traditional Mirror Therapy in Stroke and Acquired Brain Injury Patients
  Author(s): Laura MacNeil, Denise Johnson, Nitin Seth and Hussein A. Abdullah*
  
  Background: Traditional Mirror Therapy (TMT) uses a mirror to reflect the movements of healthy limbs to trick the brain through the visual illusion that the impaired limb is moving as a healthy limb. Virtual Reality (VR) systems present a computer-generated reality to simulate the physical world that a user can interact with via projected images or virtual reality goggles. Virtual Mirror Therapy (VMT), one such application of VR, presents the user with a visual of two limbs moving in a unified mirror motion when in the real world; only the healthy limb is mobile. The effects and impact of TMT and VR systems have been studied previously, but few systems have combined and tested the two methods together in a clinical environment. Objective: This pilot study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of VMT in comparison with TMT for stroke and brainin.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9096-22.10.634

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