Mirror Therapy Versus Repetitive Facilitation Exercise on Upper Limb Function

"* Patients in Task-specific mirror box therapy group will receive therapy for 30 min/day, 3 times/week for 6 weeks.~* The patient is seated close to a table a mirror (33\*35 cm) was placed vertically. The involved hand was placed behind the mirror and uninvolved in front of the mirror.~* The subject is asked to transfer small cubes from the middle position to the lateral side, placing pegs in holes and taking them out, turning over paper cards, placing steel needles in holes, stacking blocks, and putting glass on a shelf.~* During the sessions, subjects will be asked to try and do the activity on the unaffected side and asked to do some movement with the paretic hand simultaneously."

"* The patients in the control group will receive Repetitive Facilitation Exercise for 30 min/day, 3 times/week for 6 weeks.~* Repetitive facilitative techniques were used to elicit movement of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and fingers in a manner designed to minimize synergistic movements.~* Participants were directed to concentrate on generating movement on the joint being treated while avoiding contraction of non-targeted muscles.~* Therapists provided verbal directions with commands such as bend/straighten or one, two, three.~* Participant efforts were supplemented as necessary to achieve a full range of motion (ROM)"