Mirror therapy was first reported by Ramachandran and
Rogers-Ramachandran5,6 as a successful treatment for PLP in 6 of
10 (60%) upper limb amputees. Patients were instructed to view
the reflected movement of their intact limb in a mirror placed
along the body midline while simultaneously moving the amputated
or ‘‘phantom’’ limb. This gives the visual illusion that the
phantom limb has been resurrected.2,3,5 When the intact limb was
moved, the phantom limb was felt to move by the patient as well,
relieving discomfort and pain associated with phantom limb
immobility.1,2 In other words, mirror therapy has the ability to
alleviate PLP by restoring visual feedback of phantommovement.
Chan et al.7 conducted a randomized, controlled study of
mirror therapy with lower extremity amputees randomly assigned
to one of three groups: mirror therapy, covered mirror
therapy, andmental visualization therapy. Patients in themirror
group were asked to perform movements with the phantom leg/
foot while viewing movements of the intact leg/foot in the
mirror. Patients in the covered mirror group were asked to
perform the same movements with the intact and the phantom
leg/foot while the mirror was covered with an opaque sheet.
Patients in the mental visualization group were instructed to
simply close their eyes and to attempt to perform movements
with their amputated leg/foot. Patients performed their assigned
therapy daily for 15min under direct study investigator observation
and recorded the number, duration, and intensity
of pain episodes. After 4 weeks of treatment, six of six