Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study of the Response to Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy of Children With Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy and Adults With Chronic Stroke

Conclusions: Participants who had reduced integrity, displacement, or interruption of their CST performed worse on pretreatment motor testing. However, this had no effect on their ability to benefit from CI therapy. The results for children and adults are consistent with one another.

Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - September 20, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tyler Rickards, Chelsey Sterling, Edward Taub, Christi Perkins-Hu, Lynne Gauthier, Michael Graham, Angi Griffin, Drew Davis, Victor W. Mark, Gitendra Uswatte Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research