Effect of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy on Upper Extremity Function 3 to 9 Months After Stroke

Affected upper-extremity movement ability is retained 3 months after modified constraint-induced therapy.

The practicality and patient compliance of constraint-induced movement therapy limit its application in many clinical environments. For more than a decade, the principal investigator's laboratory has shown efficacy of an outpatient, modified constraint-induced therapy (mCIT). The current study examined whether participants administered mCIT retained motor changes 3 mo after intervention. The up...

[effect of Contraint-induced Movement Therapy on Upper Extremity Function 3 to 9 Months after Stroke: the Excite Randomized Clinical Trial]

Comparison of conventional therapy, intensive therapy and modified constraint-induced movement therapy to improve upper extremity function after stroke.

OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of 4 weeks of intervention using conventional rehabilitation, intensive conventional rehabilitation and modified constraint-induced movement therapy on the hemiplegic upper extremity in stroke patients. METHODS Thirty stroke patients (mean age: 63.3, standard deviation 9.63 years; mean time since stroke: 11.33, standard deviation 8.29 weeks) were randomly divi...

A placebo-controlled trial of constraint-induced movement therapy for upper extremity after stroke.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Constraint-Induced Movement therapy (CI therapy) is a neurorehabilitation technique developed to improve use of the more affected upper extremity after stroke. A number of studies have reported positive effects for this intervention, but an experiment with a credible placebo control group has not yet been published. METHODS We conducted a placebo-controlled trial of CI ...

The Effect of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy on Upper Extremity Function and Unilateral Neglect in Person with Stroke

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of constraint–induced movement therapy (CIT) on upper extremity function and unilateral neglect in person with stroke. The subject was a man who was diagnosed with stroke. A single subject experimental research with ABA design was employed in this study. The experiment formed 20 sessions in total: 5 sessions for baseline, 10 sessions for C...