Effectiveness of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) as home-based therapy on Barthel Index in patients with chronic stroke.

Objective: The goal of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) on the Barthel Index (BI) scores in persons with stroke to assess dependency in survivers of stroke and to investigate the long-term effects of CIMT on dependency needs as measured by the BI, based on the hypothesis that CIMT as home-based therapy would be of significant benefit in stroke rehabilitation.

Methods: Twenty-seven participants, 16 men with a mean age of 58 (+/- 10.8) and 4 women with a mean age of 60 (+/- 6.