PURPOSE This study was designed to investigate the benefit to upper limb function of a home-based version of pediatric constraint-induced movement therapy, which was delivered across 2 months. METHODS Nine children (mean age: 6 years, 9 months) with hemiplegic cerebral palsy participated in this A1-B-C-A2 design, where A1 and A2 were nonintervention phases. In phases B and C, participants wor...

OBJECTIVE To determine if the original protocol of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT), is adequate to reverse the nonuse of the affected upper limb (AUL) in patients with Cerebral Palsy (CP) in adulthood. METHOD The study included 10 patients diagnosed with CP hemiparesis had attended the adult protocol CIMT, from January/August 2009/2014. RESULTS Average age 24.6 (SD 9.44); MAL ave...

We report progress in the development of AutoCITE, a workstation that delivers the task practice component of upper-limb Constraint-Induced Movement therapy and that can potentially be used in the clinic or the home without the need for one-on-one supervision from a therapist. AutoCITE incorporates a computer and eight task devices arranged on a modified cabinet. Task performance is automatical...

While the World Federation of Occupational Therapy (WFOT) recommends that occupational therapists (OTs) competently respond to changing environments and new clinical practice research demands (WFOT, 2012), there are many challenges for engage in professional development countries where resources specialized expertise limited. The purpose this article is describe a successful educational collabo...

[Purpose] The purpose is to analyze the effects of Constraint-induced Movement Therapy in post stroke patients in chronic course. [Subjects and Methods] This is a Quasi-experiment study and the adopted protocol consisted of a three-hour therapy for ten consecutive working days applied to a constraint intact upper limb. Surface Electromyography, Motor Activity Log, Wolf Motor Function Test and F...