Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy After Stroke

August 21, 2025 updated by: Hanan Hosny M Battesha

Constrain Induced Therapy to Improve Motor Function and Body Balance in Patients With Stroke

Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is a neurological rehabilitation treatment designed to improve upper and lower extremities motor functions after stroke. The basis of CIMT is improving the function of the affected limb after a stroke by restricting the use of the healthy limb and forcing the use of the affected side. The core strategy of CIMT is the application of movement techniques, behavioral techniques and restriction methods to increase the frequency of use of the affected limb in stroke patients, improve the quality of movement of the affected limb in real-life scenarios, prevent or correct the learned non-use of the affected limb, and promote the recovery of motor function in the affected limb. This method induces the use of the affected limb, corrects or reverses habitual disuse and neglect of the affected limb, and provides structural and functional training and repeated practice opportunities for the affected limb.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Amman, Jordan
        • Al Zaytoonah University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • grade 1 or 1+ modified ashower scale
  • Walk independently

Exclusion Criteria:

  • moderate to sever spasticity
  • balance dysfunction

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: control group
general exercises
Experimental: intervention
intervenstion study
Constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT) is a treatment approach that can be used with patients who have had a CVA. In order to be eligible for the therapy, the clients must have at least 10 degrees of active wrist and finger extension. During this treatment the unaffected limb is restrained (usually with a sling or a mitt) for 90% of their waking hours. This treatment forces the client to use the affected limb throughout their daily tasks in order to combat learned non-use of the affected limb.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
motor function
Time Frame: 4 weeks
scale to measure activity of daily lining of upper limb and lower limb and trunk control; when the number of scores increases, that means patient better
4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 1, 2025

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 15, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

August 20, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 4, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 21, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

May 30, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 22, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 21, 2025

Last Verified

August 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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