Mirror therapy
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mirror-therapy-257-3525447
title:
Mirror therapy
text:
Mirror therapy (MT) or mirror visual feedback (MVF) is a therapy for pain or disability that affects one side of the patient more than the other side. It was invented by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran to treat post-amputation patients who had phantom limb pain (PLP). Ramachandran created a visual illusion of two intact limbs by putting the patient's affected limb into a "mirror box," with a mirror down the center. The patient then looks into the mirror on the side with the good limb and makes "mirror
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description:
Treatment for some kinds of pain
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_therapy
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date modified:
2024-02-04T23:07:39Z
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