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...

A lower extremity constraint-induced (CI) movement therapy protocol developed at the University of Alabama was used to treat three stroke patients suffering from hemiplegia. Upon intervention, both walking speed and stability improved, reliance on assistance an accompanying individual or support device decreased, improvements standing position during daily activities activity were seen.

Following stroke, the disturbed motor control results in subsequent movement disorders. Recovery means gradual returning of the specific function, after a deficit caused by a central nervous system damage (Held, 2000). The recovery of upper extremity movement following a stroke is generally poor. Three months after stroke its function remains totally or partially impaired in as much as 80 % of ...

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...