Clinical analysis of constraint-induced movement therapy for motor function of lower-extremity in stroke patients

Objective To explore the efficacy of constraint-induced movement therapy(CIMT)for motor function recovery of lower-extremity of stroke patients.Methods Thirty patients with stroke were divided into two groups:treatment group and control group.The control group adopted routine treatment with Bobath technique;the treatment group was treated with CIMT.The two groups were treated for four hours every day,five times a week for eight weeks.The therapeutic efficacy was separately evaluated with maximum walking speed,Berg balance scale and Fugl-Meyer scale for evaluating lower-extremity function before treatment and eight weeks after treatment.Ability of function of daily life was evaluated with Barthel index.Results Before treatment,the difference has no statistical significance between the 2 groups.After CIMT treatment,the difference was very obvious compared with before treatment.Comparison of the two groups showed that the treatment group was obviously better than the control group(P0.05).Conclusion CIMT may be an efficacious method for improvement of walking speed and ability of daily life in stroke patients.