Constraint-induced movement therapy after stroke

G Kwakkel, JM Veerbeek, EEH van Wegen… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) was developed to overcome upper limb
impairments after stroke and is the most investigated intervention for the rehabilitation of …

Constraint‐induced movement therapy for upper extremities in people with stroke

D Corbetta, V Sirtori, G Castellini… - Cochrane Database …, 2015 - cochranelibrary.com
Background In people who have had a stroke, upper limb paresis affects many activities of
daily life. Reducing disability is therefore a major aim of rehabilitative interventions. Despite …

Is more better? Using metadata to explore dose–response relationships in stroke rehabilitation

KR Lohse, CE Lang, LA Boyd - Stroke, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Neurophysiological models of rehabilitation and recovery
suggest that a large volume of specific practice is required to induce the neuroplastic …

Feasibility of high-repetition, task-specific training for individuals with upper-extremity paresis

KJ Waddell, RL Birkenmeier, JL Moore… - … American Journal of …, 2014 - research.aota.org
OBJECTIVE. We investigated the feasibility of delivering an individualized, progressive, high-
repetition upper-extremity (UE) task-specific training protocol for people with stroke in the …

Constraint-induced movement therapy as a rehabilitation intervention for upper extremity in stroke patients: systematic review and meta-analysis

M Etoom, M Hawamdeh, Z Hawamdeh… - International Journal …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is a neurorehabilitation technique designed to
improve upper extremity motor functions after stroke. This review aimed to investigate …

The mechanism and clinical application of constraint-induced movement therapy in stroke rehabilitation

D Wang, J Xiang, Y He, M Yuan, L Dong… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) has been widely applied in stroke
rehabilitation, and most relevant studies have shown that CIMT helps improve patients' …

Pragmatic solutions for stroke recovery and improved quality of life in low-and middle-income countries—a systematic review

END Ekechukwu, P Olowoyo, KO Nwankwo… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: Given the limited healthcare resources in low and middle income countries
(LMICs), effective rehabilitation strategies that can be realistically adopted in such settings …

[HTML][HTML] Combined effects of telehealth and modified constraint-induced movement therapy for individuals with chronic hemiparesis

MA Smith, MR Tomita - International Journal of Telerehabilitation, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Telehealth use allows improved access to services and results in potential cost savings. The
purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a combined modified Constrained …

Cerebral activation evoked by the mirror illusion of the hand in stroke patients compared to normal subjects

J Wang, C Fritzsch, J Bernarding, T Krause… - …, 2013 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Mirror therapy (MT) was found to improve motor function after stroke, but its
neural mechanisms remain unclear, especially in single stroke patients. OBJECTIVES: The …

Modified Constraint‐Induced Movement Therapy is a feasible and potentially useful addition to the Community Rehabilitation tool kit after stroke: A pilot randomised …

CR Baldwin, AJ Harry, LJ Power… - Australian …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background/aim The National Stroke Foundation recommends that Occupational Therapists
use Constraint‐Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) with stroke survivors that experience an …