Use of three principles of intervention increases the effectiveness of constraint induced therapy: case report

Abstract

CIT has three components: repetitive task oriented training, restraining the less impaired extremity and applying a package of adherence enhancing behavioral methods designed to transfer gains made in the clinical setting to the patient´s real world environment. But only two of these components are used with frequency. The aim of the present study was characterizing the intervention protocol through a longitudinal case report of a patient after stroke. The patient was evaluated by Motor Activity Log (MAL) and Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT) and results suggest that behavioral aspects pertaining to technique have great influence on the success and TCI may have more action in the daily activities of patients with hemiplegia when applied to all three types of intervention that is.