González García Paloma, Manzano Hernández M Pilar, Muñoz Tomás M Teresa, Martín Hernández Carlos, Forcano García Mercedes
Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital San José, Teruel, España.
Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol. 2013 Jul-Aug;48(4):198-201. doi: 10.1016/j.regg.2012.11.001. Epub 2013 Mar 14.
The clinical use of mirror visual feedback was initially introduced to alleviate phantom pain by restoring motor function through plastic changes in the human primary motor cortex. It is a promising novel technique that gives a new perspective to neurological rehabilitation. Using this therapy, the mirror neuron system is activated and decrease the activity of those systems that perceive protopathic pain, making somatosensory cortex reorganization possible. This paper reports the results of the mirror therapy in three patients with phantom limb pain after recent lower limb amputation, showing its analgesic effects and its benefits as a comprehensive rehabilitation instrument for lower limb amputee geriatric patients.
镜像视觉反馈的临床应用最初是通过人类初级运动皮层的可塑性变化恢复运动功能来缓解幻肢痛。它是一种有前景的新技术，为神经康复提供了新视角。使用这种疗法，镜像神经元系统被激活，降低了那些感知原始疼痛的系统的活性，使体感皮层重组成为可能。本文报告了镜像疗法对三名近期下肢截肢后幻肢痛患者的治疗结果，显示了其镇痛效果以及作为老年下肢截肢患者综合康复手段的益处。
