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

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 197-210

  Etoom, Mohammad ^a   Hawamdeh, Mohannad ^b   Hawamdeh, Ziad ^c   Alwardat, Mohammad ^a   Giordani, Laura ^a   Bacciu, Serenella ^a   Scarpini, Claudia ^a   Foti, Calogero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Constraint induced movement therapy; Meta analysis; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CONSTRAINT-INDUCED MOVEMENT THERAPY; ELIGIBILITY CRITERION; NEUROREHABILITATION; OPTIMAL METHODS; QUALITY CRITERIA; QUALITY FEATURES; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; META ANALYSIS; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STROKE REHABILITATION; UPPER LIMB;

HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; PARESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84966639538     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: 14735660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0000000000000169     Document Type: Review

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