Introduction: Stroke is one of the main reasons for lower quality of life in modern society. For patients suffering from limb paresis, proper and immediate rehabilitation is the key to recovery. Mirror therapy is considered an alternative way to restore muscle strenght based on visual feedback. Purpose: We aimed to find out wheather mirror therapy contributes to better rehabilitaion outcomes in patients in the chronic stroke phase. We also studied the options of orthotic care for our subject. Methods: Our subject was an elderly woman who suffered a hemorrhagic stroke four years ago. She participated in a rehabilitation program, based on mirror therapy, three times a week for one month. We measured the time our subject completed the tasks during the therapy. We checked her spasticity and movement status before and after therapy using modified Ashworth scale and Motricity index. Our results were compared with other similar studies, which we determined to be appropriate for our therapy plan. Results: The average therapy time was 15 to 20 minutes – depending on the level of difficulty over the course of the weeks. There were improvements in time between the three series she completed in one session. Unfortunately, the final results for spasticity and motricity showed no progress. Discussion and conclusion: We concluded that mirror therapy is a better option for patients in the acute stroke phase, when more plastic changes can occure in the brain, and as a result, this is when the greatest progress is made. In the chronic phase the goal is to maintain or improve this condition. We would recommend the use of a static forearm orhosis to our patient. With this medical device we could gradually improve the position of the spastic fingers of the left hand. The authors of the articles we used for this review reported modest progress in stroke patients who participated in mirror therapy, but it was not significantly different from the original functional therapy without a mirror. Therefore, mirror therapy remains a leading approach to the management of phantom pain in amputees
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