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Mirror therapy - before you start practicing mirror therapy

  • Holm Thieme, Nadine Morkisch, Jan Mehrholz, Marcus Pohl, Johann Behrens, Bernhard Borgetto, Christian Dohle. Mirror therapy for improving motor function after stroke. Version published: 11 July 2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008449.pub3
  • Moseley GL, Gallace A, Spence C. Is mirror therapy all it is cracked up to be? Current evidence and future directions. PAIN. 2008;138(1):7–10. DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.06.0263. Reflections on mirror therapy: a systematic review of the effect of mirror visual feedback on the brain. Frederik J A Deconinck, Ana R P Smorenburg, Alex Benham, Annick Ledebt, Max G Feltham, Geert J P Savelsbergh. DOI: 10.1177/1545968314546134
  • Rothgangel AS, Braun SM. (2013). Mirror therapy: Practical protocol for stroke rehabilitation. Munich: Pflaum Verlag. doi: 10.12855/ar.sb.mirrortherapy.e2013
  • Priscilla G. WittkopfMark I. Johnson. Mirror therapy: A potential intervention for pain management. Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. 63 (11), Nov 2017, https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.63.11.1000
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Imaging and back pain

  • Delitto A, George SZ, Van Dillen L, et al. "Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health From the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association" 2012.
  • Gilbert FJ, Grant AM, Gillan MG, et al. "Early Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Acute Low Back Pain: A Prospective Randomized Trial" 2004.
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Anterior knee pain

  • Cairns G, Owen T, Kluzek S, Thurley N, Holden S, Rathleff MS, Dean BJF. Therapeutic interventions in children and adolescents with patellar tendon related pain: a systematic review. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2018 Aug 13;4(1):e000383. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000383.
  • C. Powers, E. Witvrouw, I. Davis, K. Crossley. Evidence-based framework for a pathomechanical model of patellofemoral pain: 2017 patellofemoral pain consensus statement from the 4th International Patellofemoral Pain Research Retreat, Manchester, UK: part 3. British Journal of Sport
  • Rathleff MS, Graven-Nielsen T, Hölmich P, et al. Activity Modification and Load Management of Adolescents With Patellofemoral Pain: A Prospective Intervention Study Including 151 Adolescents. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 2019;47(7):1629-1637. doi:10.1177/0363546519843915
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Chronic heart failure

  • Heindenreich PA et al. 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the management of heart failure: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association joint committee on clinical practice guidelines. Circulation. 2022;145e895-e1032.
  • Atherton JJ et al. National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: Guidelines for the prevention, detection and management of heart failure in Australia 2018. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 2018; 27, 1123-1208.
  • Heart failure. Current Care Guidelines. Working group set up by the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim and the Finnish Cardiac Society. Helsinki: The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim, 2017.
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