This Week in JAMA
Abstract
Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy After Stroke Despite traditional rehabilitation, a high percentage of stroke survivors have persistent functional limitations of affected extremities. The multicenter randomized Extremity Constraint Induced Therapy Evaluation (EXCITE) trial compared the effects of 2 weeks of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) vs usual care for patients who had upper extremity paresis and had experienced a stroke 3 to 9 months before trial entry. Wolf and...