The paper describes a novel system and a physical therapy method for rehabilitating the affected limbs of infants and children diagnosed with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). Currently, the most effective procedure for the treatment of cerebral palsy is constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT), which includes limiting the movement of the unaffected arm to encourage the use of the affected arm....

Background: Stroke is an acute onset of neurological dysfunction due to abnormal cerebral vascular circulationwith resulting signs and symptoms that corresponds focal area brain. The most common characteristics ofMCA stroke are contra lateral spastic hemiparesis, motor sensory disturbance face, weakness upperextremity lower extremity with upper limb more affected than limb. Constraint induced m...

CONTEXT Rehabilitation for children with congenital hemiplegia to improve function in the impaired upper limb and enhance participation may be time-consuming and costly. OBJECTIVES To systematically review the efficacy of nonsurgical upper-limb therapeutic interventions for children with congenital hemiplegia. METHODS The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, CINAHL (Cumu...

RATIONALE Spasticity is a widespread problem in chronic stroke. To date, no study has reported the long-term (up to 1 year) outcomes of acupuncture in combination with constraint-induced movement therapy in patients with chronic stroke. This report describes the successful addition of acupuncture on spasticity and arm function in a patient with chronic stroke and arm paresis. PATIENT CONCERNS...

Background: After upper extremity nerve repair, there occurs impairment in hand functions which representsa major problem activities of daily living (ADL) for the patient. Therefore, patients after peripheral nerverepair needs rehabilitation to improve their functional status. This study was conducted determine efficacyof modified constraint-induced movement therapy subjects repair extremity.Me...