Influence of the Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in hemiparetic patients stroke: a systematic literature review

• Autor(a) principal: Garção, Diogo Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Almeida, Akeline Santos de, Sobral, Aline Jorge Rodrigues, Santos, Dayane Evellyn dos, Santos, Juliana de Santana, Santos, Anne Caroline, Oliveira, Tássia Virginia de Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Scire Salutis
• Texto Completo: https://sustenere.inf.br/index.php/sciresalutis/article/view/SPC2236-9600.2016.001.0003
• topic: Hemiplegia; Acidente Vascular Encefálico; Reabilitação; Hemiplegic; Stroke; Rehabilitation

Stroke is one the most cause of functional limitation and mortality. Several methods of intervention are used for rehabilitation of hemiparetic as a result of stroke, and one the most recent is the Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy. To review systematically the evidence on the influence of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy as intervention in hemiparetic individuals stroke. A search was conducted during the period April to June 2011 in databases PubMed, Scielo and PEDro, using the keywords “hemiplegic”, “stroke” and “physical therapy”. The selected studies were published in English in the period 2000 to 2010, used Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy in individuals stroke and have obtained minimum score of five points in Pedro’s scale. Of the 44 studies found, 27 were included in the review. Of these manuscripts, the average number of participants ranged from 30 to 45 individuals and the age range was 23 to 88 years. The assessment tools most frequently used were the Motor Activity Log and Wolf Motor Function Test. Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy was effective in individuals stroke who have functional deficits of the upper limb.