Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Combined With Conventional Neurorehabilitation Techniques in Chronic Stroke Patients With Plegic Hands: A Case Series Edward Taub, PhD, Gitendra Uswatte, PhD, Mary H. Bowman, OTR/L, Victor W. Mark, MD, Adriana Delgado, MA, Camille Bryson, PT, David Morris, PhD, PT, Staci Bishop-McKay, BS Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 94, Issue 1, Pages 86-94 (January 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.07.029 Copyright © 2013 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Effect of CIMT on real-world arm use in patients with plegic hands. Two measures of daily use of the more-affected arm in the life situation are plotted. The line represents the mean grade 4/5 MAL Arm Use scale scores; the bars represent the mean ratio of more-affected to less-affected arm accelerometer recordings. *P<.05 for both grade 4/5 MAL scores and accelerometer ratios. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013 94, 86-94DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2012.07.029) Copyright © 2013 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Number of grade 4/5 MAL items with low (0, 1) and moderate (2, 3) arm-use scores before (A) and after (B) treatment. Note. The total number of items was 30. Scale: 0 = no use, 1 = very poor use, 2 = poor use, 3 = half as good use as prestroke, 4 = almost normal use, 5 = normal use. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013 94, 86-94DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2012.07.029) Copyright © 2013 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions