Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT), or forced limb use, is a rehabilitation technique that restricts movement of an unaffected upper extremity to force use of a paretic limb. CIMT has been shown to induce cortical reorganization and functional improvement in patients with stroke,1 as well as those with focal hand dystonia.2–4 Parkinson’s disease (PD) is managed with pharmacotherapy and ...

Objectives: This study describes a single subject design (ABA) that shows the effective use of constraint induced movement therapy in improvement of quality and performance of in-hand manipulation skills for a 10 year old boy and a 9 years old girl with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, as Dickerson (2007) showed it in arm movement and function. Methods: To determine the effectiveness of CIMT by th...

OBJECTIVE Pediatric constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is a promising intervention for children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP). This multisite randomized controlled trial (RCT) tested the hypothesis that 6 hr versus 3 hr per day for 21 days would produce larger maintenance of gains 6 mo posttreatment. METHOD Three sites recruited 18 children (6 per site) ages 3-6 yr with unilater...

PURPOSE Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) is now designated a highly efficacious treatment for children with cerebral palsy, based on rigorous clinical trials. Yet virtually no evidence confirms that these moderate to large size effects can be replicated in clinical practice for a more heterogeneous clinical population. Thus there is a need to collect and report treatment outcome data ...