Feasibility of Electromyography-Triggered Neuromuscular Stimulation as an Adjunct to Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy

Feasibility of electromyography-triggered neuromuscular stimulation as an adjunct to constraint-induced movement therapy.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this case report is to explore the feasibility of electromyography-triggered neuromuscular stimulation (EMG-stim) as an adjunct to constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT). CASE DESCRIPTION The patient was a 72-year-old man, 10 years poststroke, who did not meet traditional CIMT criteria. The EMG-stim was applied to the wrist extensors of the patient's ...

Back from the brink: electromyography-triggered stimulation combined with modified constraint-induced movement therapy in chronic stroke.

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of a regimen that combines electromyography-triggered neuromuscular stimulation (ETMS) with modified constraint-induced movement therapy (mCIMT) in patients with chronic stroke. DESIGN Pre-post, case series. SETTING Outpatient rehabilitation hospital. PARTICIPANTS Six subjects who had had a stroke more [corrected] than 1 year before the study and who ha...

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

Constraint-induced movement therapy.

Constraint-induced movement therapy improves outcome after chronic stroke, conforms experimental observations of neuronal plasticity, and proves the efficacy of intensive occupational therapy. More acutely instituted constraint-induced movement therapy has both practical and theoretic risks and benefits that deserve further careful evaluation.