%0 Journal Article
%T The impact of mirror therapy on body schema perception in patients with complex regional pain syndrome after distal radius fractures
%A Ivan Zasadnyuk
%A Ludmila Khimion
%A Olexander Burianov
%A Olexander Kostrub
%A Viktor Kotiuk
%J British Journal of Pain
%@ 2049-4645
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2049463718782544
%X Mirror therapy requires a minimum of equipment, is relatively simple to perform and effective for various pathological conditions. The effect of mirror therapy on body schema disturbances registered in complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRPS I) patients has not yet been determined. The study is based on the analysis of the treatment results of 30 patients with CRPS I, developed as a result of the distal radius fractures, with help of mirror therapy together with exercise therapy and medications. The control group consisted of 20 patients with CRPS I developed as a result of the distal radius fractures treated only with exercise therapy and medications. We evaluated the results before the treatment, after 3£¿days and after 6£¿weeks of treatment according to The Bath CRPS Body Perception Disturbance Scale. A total of 83.33% patients experienced the positive effect of mirror therapy on the perception of the ¡®body schema¡¯ after 6£¿weeks of treatment, and 35% underwent standard treatment without mirror therapy. The positive effect was statistically significant for the first five points of the Bath scale after 6£¿weeks of treatment compared to the control group. Improvements observed in some patients after 3£¿days of treatment were less pronounced and statistically insignificant. Mirror therapy can improve the perception of the body schema as an element of integrated treatment of CRPS I developed after fractures of the distal radius less than 3£¿years duration
%K Musculoskeletal pain
%K pain perception
%K complex regional pain syndromes
%K somatoform disorders
%K somatosensory disorders
%K reflex sympathetic dystrophy
%K body perception
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2049463718782544