title: Constraint-Induced Movement therapy: answers and questions after two decades of research.
abstract: Constraint-Induced Movement therapy or CI therapy is a behavioral approach to neurorehabilitation based on a program of neuroscience experiments conducted with deafferented monkeys. Over the last 20 years, a large body of evidence has accumulated to support the efficacy of CI therapy for rehabilitating hemiparetic arm use in individuals with chronic stroke. Given the persuasive evidence for its efficacy to date, other research questions have risen to the forefront. How cost-effective is CI therapy? What are optimal training and other treatment parameters? What patient characteristics moderate the effects of CI therapy? The papers gathered in this special issue address many of these topics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. etaub@uab.edu
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Taub
authors.forename: Gitendra
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Uswatt
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D016896:Treatment Outcome