Comparative Effects of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy With Bilateral Functional Task Training On Hand Function In Patients With Stroke

Task-oriented training is an approach that will encourage active participation of the patient making treatment functional and task orientated in order to achieve the best possible recovery following injury. Neurorehabilitation studies have shown that Constrained induced movement therapy can increase both motor function and the use of the paretic arm and that these improvements parallel changes in the activation of the brain sensorimotor network. Bilateral Functional Task Training which promotes the use of the paretic limb simultaneously with the nonparetic limb. Many of our daily chores are bimanual and utilize concurrent use of both arms.