Can forced-use therapy be clinically applied after stroke? An exploratory randomized controlled trial

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Michelle Ploughman, Dale Corbett

Abstract

To determine the efficacy, safety, and compliance with forced-use therapy (FUT) applied without additional "shaping" therapy during the rehabilitation phase of stroke. Prospective, randomized controlled trial. Tertiary mixed rehabilitation center. Consecutive sample of 30 inpatients or outpatients with first stroke showing minimal movement of the arm and hand. Subjects who scored below 26 on the Mini-Mental State Examination were excluded. Seven subjects either did not provide consent or withdrew from the study. The remaining subjects were randomized into the control group (n=13) and the FUT group (n=10). FUT involved wearing a thick constraint mitten on the sound arm for as many as 6 hours a day. The Chedoke McMaster Impairment Inventory for arm, hand, postural control, and shoulder pain; Action Research Arm Test; grip strength; and FIM instrument. FUT subjects experienced 20% more recovery of the arm than did control subjects and more recovery of postural control (P=.04). Men benefited most from the program, and there was a tendency for FUT subjects to have more shoulder pain. Compliance was related to cognitive status. FUT, without shaping therapy, appears to augment arm recovery, but a larger sample is required to confirm t...Continue Reading

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