Mirror Therapy in Patients with Somatoform Pain Disorders-A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT: Patients with chronic pain report reduced quality of life and high symptom burden while often responding insufficiently to treatment options. Mirror therapy has been proven to be effective in treating phantom limb pain and other conditions such as CRPS. This study was designed to investigate the efficacy of mirror therapy in patients with somatoform pain disorders on symptom severity and associated physiological parameters. Fifteen patients with persistent somatoform pain disorder (F45.40) or chronic pain disorder with somatic and psychological factors (F45.41) participated and received four weeks of tablet-based mirror therapy. Symptom severity was measured with established questionnaires, and their thermal detection, pain thresholds, and heart rate variability (HRV) were also assessed. A

SUBMITTER: Ruf SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10215185 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature