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● The main novel feature of CI therapy is the combination of these treatment components and
their application in a prescribed, integrated and systematic manner to induce a patient to
use a more-impaired UE for many hours a day for a period of 2 or 3 consecutive weeks
(depending on the severity of the initial deficit).
History
Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy was developed by Dr. Edward Taub, who demonstrated that
monkeys with a surgical de-afferentation (i.e. somatic sensation was abolished) of a forelimb, ceased
using the affected extremity. Through failed attempts to use the de-afferented forelimb, the
monkeys developed compensation methods to avoid using the affected limb, that is, they effectively
learned not to use their affected extremity, he hypothesed that this non use was a learning
mechanism and called this behaviour as learned non use. Then, after immobilizing the intact arm for
a period of consecutive days, the monkeys started to use the de afferented forelimb again and the
learned non use was overcome.
● Multiple Sclerosis
● Cerebral Palsy
Mechanism of CIMT
The known mechanisms of CIMT in the poststroke reconstruction of neurological function mainly
include an increase in the number of synapses, an increase in dendritic arborization in the motor
cortex, and changes in neurotrophic factors.
Hu et al. (2019) used diffusion tensor imaging to quantify the fractional anisotropy and mean
diffusion coefficient of the CST before and after CIMT in stroke rats and found that CIMT promoted
functional recovery after an ischemic stroke by promoting the reconstruction of the ipsilateral CST.
Using micro-positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging, Li et al. found that CIMT
improved the behavioral results of cerebral ischemic rats, an improvement that may be related to an
increase in glucose utilization in the contralateral cerebral hemisphere.
Restraining tools
● Sling
● Splint
● Plaster cast
● Mitt
● Triangular bandage
● Half glove
Components of CIMT
Repetitive, task-oriented training
Shaping
Task practice
Mitt restraint
Any method to continually remind the participant to use the more affected UE
Advantages of CIMT
● There are brain activity and observed gray matter reorganization in primary motor, cortices
and hippocampus.
● Studies have showed burns, minor skin lesions and muscle soreness (stiffness and
discomfort) in the affected upper extremity