ResumoIntrodução: A Terapia por Contensão Induzida (TCI) é uma terapêutica que visa à recuperação da função do membro superior (MS) parético de pacientes com sequelas de um acidente vascular cerebral por meio de treinamento intensivo, uso de uma restrição no MS não-parético durante 90% do dia e pelo pacote de transferência. Objetivo: O objetivo deste trabalho é realizar uma revisão entre os estudos que compararem a TCI com outras terapêuticas. Metodologia: Foi realizada uma pesquisa nas bases de dados MEDLINE, SciELOo e ISI Web of Science com o descritor "constraint induced movement therapy" durante o mês de junho de 2008. Resultados: Foram encontrados seis artigos onde a TCI foi comparada com os métodos Bobath e Kabat. Discussão: Dentre os artigos encontrados, percebemos que há uma variação entre as amostras de cada estudo, assim como o método de avaliação entre as terapêuticas. Conclusão: A TCI mostrou-se superior em relação às outras terapêuticas.
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Introduction: The Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) is an intervention, in which the main goal is the rehabilitation of upper extremity (UE) in hemiparetic patients with stroke. Its protocol consists of an intensive two-week treatment of with six daily hours of exercises and the wear of a mitt on nonaffected UE during 90% of the daily activities. Objective: To perform a comparative analysis between the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMF) and the Action Research Arm Test (ARAT). Methods: Tests had been applied during four different times in 17 patients with diagnosis of stroke, who performed individually the CIMT and after time for application, time for preparation, reproducibility, and factorial analysis tests had been analyzed. Results: Decrease in the WMFT score, increase in the ARAT score after CIMT, decrease in time to prepare the table and apply both tests and the factorial analysis showed two and three qualitative components in ARAT and WMFT, respectively. Conclusions: Both tests can measure the therapeutics gains of CIMT, with high reproducibility, however the time for application and preparation of the table is minor in ARAT and only the WMFT shows the qualitative component laterality.
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