Trial reportNeural plasticity2021
Comparing Two Different Modes of Task Practice during Lower Limb Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in People with Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Tertiary prevention interventions for patients with stroke in African countries: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Characterization and critical appraisal of physiotherapy intervention research in Nigeria: a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Global research hotspots and trends in constraint-induced movement therapy in rehabilitation over the past 30 years: a bibliometric and visualization study.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Influence of the constraint-induced method of constraint-induced movement therapy on improving lower limb outcomes after stroke: A meta-analysis review.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) on Functional Ambulation in Stroke Patients-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of constraint-induced movement therapy on lower extremity motor dysfunction in post-stroke patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of time spent in rehabilitation on activity limitation and impairment after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Constraint-induced movement therapy protocols using the number of repetitions of task practice: a systematic review of feasibility and effects.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Lower Limb Constraint Induced Movement Therapy in People With Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of brain-computer interface-based rehabilitation on lower limb function and activities of daily living after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Modified constraint-induced movement therapy for lower extremity intervention on patients with stroke: A Scoping Review.Sports medicine and health science · 2026Review
- Augmented Feedback in Post-Stroke Gait Rehabilitation Derived from Sensor-Based Gait Reports-A Longitudinal Case Series.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Progress in the clinical application of constraint-induced therapy following stroke since 2014.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- Variation in the rate of recovery in motor function between the upper and lower limbs in patients with stroke: some proposed hypotheses and their implications for research and practice.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Predictors of high dose of massed practice following stroke.Translational neuroscience · 2022Article
- Changes in postural sway during upright stance after short-term lower limb physical inactivity: A prospective study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Factors influencing recovery of upper limb motor function during constraint-induced movement therapy for people with stroke.Translational neuroscience · 2022Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Background: Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is used for the rehabilitation of motor function after stroke. Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of lower limb CIMT that uses number of repetition of tasks with the one that uses number of hours of practice. Method: The study was a randomized clinical trial approved by the Ethics Committee of Kano State Ministry of Health. Fifty-eight people with stroke participated in the study. Groups 1 and 2 performed daily 600 repetitions and 3 hours of task practice, respectively, 5 times weekly for 4 weeks. Motor impairment (primary outcome), balance, functional mobility, knee extensor spasticity, walking speed and endurance, and exertion before and after commencement of activities were assessed at baseline and postintervention. The data was analyzed using Friedmann and Mann-Whitney Result: The results showed that there was only significant difference ( Conclusion: The group 1 protocol is more effective at improving outcomes after stroke.
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