OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) and combined mirror therapy for inpatient rehabilitation of the patients with subacute stroke. METHODS Twenty-six patients with subacute stroke were enrolled and randomly divided into three groups: CIMT combined with mirror therapy group, CIMT only group, and control group. Two weeks of CIMT for 6 hours a da...

PURPOSE To investigate the use of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) in Canadian neurological occupational and physical therapy. METHOD An online survey was completed by occupational and physical therapists practising in Canadian adult neurological rehabilitation. We measured participants' practices, perceptions, and opinions in relation to their use of CIMT in clinical practice. RE...

1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3MSc, Department of Sport Physiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School o...

OBJECTIVE To investigate to what degree patients adhered to a modified constraint-induced movement therapy protocol, and to explore factors associated with the results. DESIGN Prospective follow-up of the intervention arm in a randomized controlled trial. SUBJECTS Twenty-four patients within 28 days after stroke. METHODS The protocol specified 180 min of treatment/day for 10 days. Therapy...

The aim was to identify neuroimaging predictors of clinical improvements following constraint-induced movement therapy. Resting state functional magnetic resonance and diffusion tensor imaging data was acquired in 7 children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data were acquired at baseline and 1 month later following a 3-week constraint therapy regimen...