Abstract:
Background: Stroke is a disorder where brain is damaged either by blockage in the blood vessels
or rupture of the blood vessels. It is one of the leading cause of death. Objectives: To find out the
effectiveness of lower extremity mirror therapy on balance and gait for post stroke patients.
Methodology: Experimental study design was used in this study. 20 patients with stroke were
randomly assigned into two groups among them 10 patients were assigned into experimental group
received Mirror Therapy with Conventional Physiotherapy and another 10 into control group
received only conventional physiotherapy. Total treatment sessions were twenty-four comprising
of 3 sessions per week for 4 weeks. Outcome measurement tools: Berg balance scale (BBS) has
used to measure balance, 10 meter walk test and timed up and go (TUG) has used to measure
mobility. Analysis of data: Inferential statistics such as paird t test, and unpaired t test was done
for BBS, 10 meter walk test and time up and go by using SPSS version 22. Results: After observing
pre-test and post-test score the significant improvement wasn‟t found. P-value was >0.05.
Improvements were not statistically significant.But according to mean difference experimental
group has little superior effect than control group. Conclusion: These results showed no statistical
significant value but there was a mean difference, which indicate that mirror therapy with
conventional physiotheapy can be an effective therapeutic approach for stroke patients with
balance and gait problems.
Key words: Mirror Therapy, Stroke, Conventional physiotherapy.
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Description:
This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
