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Article: Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for Motor Recovery in Chronic Stroke Patients.
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- Physical Therapy
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- December 1, 1999
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Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for Motor Recovery in Chronic Stroke Patients Kunkel A, Kopp B, Muller G, et al (Department of Psychology, Humboldt University; Department of Radiology, Free University; Department of Neurology, Charite Hospital, Berlin, Germany; Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala), Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1999;80:624-628.
This study represents an ongoing investigation into therapies that address the issue of "learned nonuse," a mechanism that one of the authors hypothesized nearly 20 years ago to explain certain patients' decreased limb function following stroke. According to the authors, learned ...