MIRROR THERAPY IMPROVES EXTREMITY MUSCLE STRENGTH IN ISCHEMIC STROKE PATIENTS

Abstract

Stroke is described as a state of acute neurological deficit caused by a sudden disruption of the cerebral blood vessels and causes signs and symptoms that correspond to the affected brain area. In general, the problems that are often experienced by stroke patients are physical mobility barriers with hemiparesis. One of the therapies that can increase the muscle strength of stroke patients is mirror therapy. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of mirror therapy on upper extremity muscle strength.

This type of research is quantitative, using a quasi-experimental design, non-randomized control group pretest posttest design. The population in this study were all patients with ischemic stroke who were treated at the Yukum Medical Center Hospital within a span of 2 months totaling 130 people, 26 samples were taken, 13 people in the intervention group and 13 in the control group using purposive sampling technique. using the independent t-test.

The results of statistical tests showed that the average muscle strength of ischemic stroke patients in the pretest intervention group was 2.23±1.092, posttest 3.15±1.068, while for the control group the pretest was 2.08±0.954 and the posttest was 2.31±0.855. The results of the independent t test obtained a p-value of 0.036 (p<0.05).

So it can be concluded that there is an effect of mirror therapy on muscle strength. With the results of this study, it is hoped that mirror therapy can be used as an alternative to increase muscle strength in ischemic stroke patients who experience hemiparase.