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KMID : 0895820040140030115
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2004 Volume.14 No. 3 p.115 ~ p.125
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Constraint-Induced Therapy on upper Limb Motor Function Recovery in Hemiplegic Patients after Stok e
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Cho Jae-Heung
Kim Sung-Su
Shin Hyun-Dae
Shin Dong-Jae
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Abstract
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Objectives: To investigate the efficacy of a constraint-induced therapy protocol on patients with chronic stroke.
Methods: Constraint-induced theraphy applied to five hemiplegic patients who had been treated by general rehabilitation therapy upon stroke for 2 weeks. The other five hemiplegic patients had only general rehabilitation therapy during same period. Outcomes were assessed by Medical research council scale, Fugl-Meyer score (FMS), Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT), Action Research Arm Test (ARA) and Modified Barthel Index(MBI).
Results: Substantial improvements were observed on the FMS, WMFT and ARA, while MBI has not produced significantly meaningful differences between sample and control group.
Conclusions: Constraint-induced theraphy may could be used as an efficacious method of improving function of upper limb motor function.
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KEYWORD
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Constraint-induced theraphy, Stroke rehabilitation, Hemiplegia
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