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Article: Descriptive characteristics as potential predictors of outcomes following constraint-induced movement therapy for people after stroke.(Research Report)(Clinical report)
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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Limited evidence exists regarding the characteristics of people who achieve the best outcomes with constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT). (1) Constraint-induced movement therapy is a rehabilitative strategy used primarily with the poststroke population to increase the functional use of the neurologically weaker upper extremity through massed practice while restraining the less-involved upper extremity. (2) Although stroke is the most common disabling condition in America, with 30% to 66% of people poststroke losing functional ability in their more-affected arm and hand, there are few research-supported interventions available to these individuals. (3,4)
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