Constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT) is an effective rehabilitative intervention for motor recovery of the affected upper extremity in post stroke patients. However, this concept is not directly applicable in a resource scarce setting. Using the principle of CIMT in the patients' home utilizing a trained caregiver can modify this. The aim of this study was therefore to determine the role ...

On behalf of the EXPLICIT-stroke consortium. A complete list of the EXPLICIT-stroke consortium is provided at the end. The EXPLICIT mCIMT intervention protocol Chapter 6 98 6 ABSTRACT Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is a commonly used rehabilitation intervention to improve upper limb recovery after stroke. CIMT was originally developed for patients with a chronic upper limb paresis. ...

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...

Background: Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) promotes upper extremity recovery post stroke, however, it is difficult to implement clinically due to its high resource demand and safety of the restraint. Therefore, we propose that modified CIMT (mCIMT) be used to treat individuals with acute subcortical infarction. Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic effects of mCIMT in patients with...

BACKGROUND Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is an effective treatment for upper extremity (UE) recovery post stroke. Difficulties implementing a traditional CIMT approach have led to development of protocols featuring varying practice schedules, including a 10-week, 3 times per week intervention, termed modified CIMT (mCIMT). To date, systematic reviews of CIMT have grouped the variou...

The practicality and patient compliance of constraint-induced movement therapy limit its application in many clinical environments. For more than a decade, the principal investigator's laboratory has shown efficacy of an outpatient, modified constraint-induced therapy (mCIT). The current study examined whether participants administered mCIT retained motor changes 3 mo after intervention. The up...

AIM Conventional constraint-based therapies are intensive and demanding to implement, particularly for children. Modified forms of constraint-based therapies that are family-centred may be more acceptable and feasible for families of children with cerebral palsy (CP)-but require rigorous evaluation using randomized trials. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of modified constrain...

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...