Systematic review and meta-analysis of constraint-induced movement therapy in the hemiparetic upper extremity more than six months post stroke

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 499-513

  McIntyre, Amanda ^a,b   Viana, Ricardo ^b,c   Janzen, Shannon ^a,b   Mehta, Swati ^a,b   Pereira, Shelialah ^a,b   Teasell, Robert ^a,b,c  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b PARKWOOD HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constraint induced movement therapy; Function; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84870690656     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1906-499     Document Type: Review

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