Predicting Improved Daily Use of the More Affected Arm Poststroke Following Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Constraint-induced movement therapy (CI therapy) produces, on average, large and clinically meaningful improvements in the daily use of a more affected upper extremity in individuals with hemiparesis. However, individual responses vary widely.

Objective

The study objective was to investigate the extent to which individual characteristics before treatment predict improved use of the more affected arm following CI therapy.

Design

This study was a retrospective analysis of 47 people who had chronic (> 6 months) mild to moderate upper extremity hemiparesis and were consecutively enrolled in 2 CI therapy randomized controlled trials.

Methods

An enhanced probabilistic neural network model predicted whether individuals showed a low, medium, or high response

SUBMITTER: Rafiei MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7105113 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature