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Constraint-induced movement therapy for motor recovery after stroke

Issue title: Motor Control

Guest editors: Kathye E. LightGuest Editor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Morris, David M.a; * | Crago, Jean E.b | DeLuca, Stephanie C.c | Pidikiti, Rama D.d | Taub, Edwarde

Affiliations: [a] Division of Physical Therapy, 900 19th St. South, RM 102, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA | [b] Spain Rehabilitation Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA | [c] University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA | [d] Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA | [e] Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 205 9343566; Fax: +1 205 9757787

Keywords: Stroke, Rehabilitation, Therapy, Upper extremity, Motor control, Behavior

DOI: 10.3233/NRE-1997-9104

Journal: NeuroRehabilitation, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 29-43, 1997

Published: 1 August 1997
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Abstract

A new therapeutic approach to rehabilitation of movement after stroke, termed Constraint-Induced (CI) Movement Therapy, has been derived from basic research with monkeys given somatosensory deafferentation. CI consists of a family of therapies; their common element is that they induce stroke patients to greatly increase the use of a more affected upper extremity for many hours a day over a 10–14 consecutive-day period. These therapies have significantly improved quality of movement and substantially increased amount of use of a more affected extremity in the activities of daily living in the life situation. The purpose of this paper is to describe the protocol used by the investigative team that developed the family of CI therapies and examined them as an effective rehabilitation approach.

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