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Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for Adults Post-Stroke With Mild Upper Extremity Impairment
Led by University of Alabama at Birmingham · Updated on 2026-02-20
12
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
220 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Constraint-Induced Therapy (CI Therapy) is a behavioral approach to neurorehabilitation and consists of multi-components that have been applied in a systematic method to improve the use of the limb or function addressed in the intensive treatment. CI Therapy for the more-affected upper extremity (UE) post-stroke is administered in daily treatment sessions over consecutive weekdays. Sessions include motor training with repeated, timed trials using a technique called shaping, a set of behavioral strategies known as the Transfer Package (TP) to improve the use of the more-affected hand in the life situation, and strategies to remind participants to use the more-affected UE including restraint. Robust improvements in the amount and qualify of use have been realized with stroke participants from mild-to-severe UE impairment.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for Adults Post-Stroke With Mild Upper Extremity Impairment
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- At least 6 months post stroke
- Ability to actively move wrist extension by 20 degrees from fully flexed, thumb extension or abduction by 10 degrees, and all finger joints extension by 10 degrees
- Mean Motor Activity Log score greater than 2.5 indicating use of the more-affected upper extremity
You will not qualify if you...
- Mini Mental State Exam score below 24
- Inability to answer Motor Activity Log questions or provide informed consent
- Unable to attend treatment sessions at the laboratory
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
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Research Team
M
Mary H Bowman, BS OT
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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