期刊名称：Revue de Neuropsychologie Neurosciences Cognitives et Cliniques
印刷版ISSN：2101-6739
电子版ISSN：2102-6025
出版年度：2010
卷号：2
期号：3
页码：244-248
DOI：10.1684/nrp.2010.0092
出版社：John Libbey Eurotext
摘要：Figures See all figures Authors Jean-Marie Beis , Mathilde Sauvée , Diana Mignard , Loïc Le Chapelain , Jean Paysant , Jean-Marie André Institut régional de médecine physique et de réadaptation, Centre de médecine physique et de réadaptation, Lay-St-Christophe, Service de neurologie, Hôpital central, CHRU de Nancy, Institut régional de médecine physique et de réadaptation, Nancy Key words: stroke, feedback, mirror image, self, mirror therapy DOI : 10.1684/nrp.2010.0092 Page(s) : 244-8 Published in: 2010 Recognition of the body in a mirror is an essential step in the development of body representations. Abnormal behaviours in specular space are classically described in brain – damaged patients. The features of these behaviours can be dissociated from those encountered in non recognition of objects or in defect in visual data processing and build up distinct syndromes. Therapeutic use of specular information was first proposed in the management of phantom pain in amputees. Treatment using visual feedback from a mirror was performed successfully in case of chronic pain as well. Several recent controlled studies suggest that mirror therapy (MT) in hemiplegic patients, improves motor recovery, the use of space, and the functions of the palsied hemibody. Indications of MT are discussed in the light of these studies and assumed physiopathological mechanisms on the role of specular information. Using a mirror and the inverted image it reflects, could force the activation of a deficient limb or create the illusion of movement. Therefore, the consecutive potential symptomatic and functional changes, could emphasize the role of activity as a mediator of the central nervous system plasticity.
