Evidence-based rehabilitation: The case for and against constraint-induced movement therapy

Evidence-based rehabilitation: the case for and against constraint-induced movement therapy.

GUEST EDITORIAL Evidence-based rehabilitation: The case for and against constraint-induced movement therapy

Along with much of psychiatry and complementary therapies, the field of rehabilitation lacks the solid foundation of empirically derived data demonstrating the efficacy of key interventions. Rehabilitation research lags behind drug development, in which at least one multicenter trial with adequate statistical power is required before regulatory approval is granted. Rehabilitation even lags behi...

Constraint-induced movement therapy during early stroke rehabilitation.

BACKGROUND Limited data are available about the effectiveness of early rehabilitation after stroke. OBJECTIVE This is the 1st randomized controlled trial of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) in subacute stroke to investigate neurophysiologic mechanisms and long-term outcome. METHODS Within 2 weeks after stroke, 23 patients with upper extremity (UE) weakness were randomized to 2 wee...

Constraint-induced movement therapy.

Kunkel and colleagues 1 recently published an article on constraint-induced (CI) movement therapy for motor recovery in chronic stroke patients. They presented the results of an uncontrolled series of 5 stroke patients undergoing CI therapy. The authors also presented a review of five studies, including their own, concerning the effectiveness of CI therapy based on a calculation of effect sizes...

Constraint Induced Movement Therapy