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- Title
Effect of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy on Upper Extremity Function 3 to 9 Months After Stroke.
- Authors
Wolf, Steven L.; Winstein, Carolee J.; Miller, J. Philip; Taub, Edward; Uswatte, Gitendra; Morris, David; Giuliani, Carol; Light, Kathye E.; Nichols-Larsen, Deborah
- Abstract
This article presents a study detailing the effect of physical therapy on stroke victims during the first three to nine months of recovery. Each year, hundreds of thousands of Americans experience a new or recurrent stroke, which results in health care costs totalling billions of dollars. Though traditional methods for rehabilitation among patients have shown to be effective in controlled studies, approaches that involve repetitive training of the upper extremities resulted in statistically significant and clinically relevant improvements in arm mobility and use among stroke victims.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CEREBROVASCULAR disease patients; PHYSICAL therapy research; PHYSICAL medicine; MEDICAL care costs; HEALTH insurance; THERAPEUTICS; MEDICAL rehabilitation; MEDICAL care
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2006, Vol 296, Issue 17, p2095
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.296.17.2095