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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2606</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2019.11112</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Combined Effectiveness of Mirror Therapy and Motor Imagery on Gait in Stroke Patients&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Hatwar</surname><given-names>Neha</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>PS</surname><given-names>Suchetha</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>KU</surname><given-names>Dhanesh Kumar</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>10</day><month>06</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>1)</volume><issue/><fpage>5</fpage><lpage>10</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the combined effectiveness of lower limb mirror therapy and motor imagery on gait in stroke patients.&#13;
Methods: A total number of 38 patients were recruited for the study. They were divided into two groups: Group A (n=19) and Group B (n=19). Group A was given motor imagery and conventional rehabilitation while Group B was given lower limb mirror therapy, motor imagery, and conventional rehabilitation. The interventions were given for 2weeks (5days/week). The values of Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) and Lower limb component of Fugl Meyer Assessment (FMA-LE) were taken both at baseline and after 2 weeks of intervention.&#13;
Result: Both Group A and Group B showed significant improvements in DGI and FMA-LE after 2 weeks of intervention (p value__ampersandsignlt;0.001). The comparison of DGI difference between the two groups did not show a statistically significant difference (p value=0.09). Also, comparison of FMA-LE difference between the two groups did not show a statistically significant difference (p value=0.412)&#13;
Conclusion: Based on the above results it can be concluded that the combination of mirror therapy with motor imagery is equally effective as motor imagery alone in improving gait and function in stroke patients.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Gait disturbances</kwd><kwd> Mirror Therapy</kwd><kwd> Motor Imagery</kwd><kwd> Stroke</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
