Sensory recovery after constraint – induced movement therapy

Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) involves intensive training of the affected arm, restraining of the less affected arm (immobilization) and shaping techniques. Previous reports have documented CIMT's clinical efficacy and its reorganization model. Since previous studies focused on motor recovery alone, it is still now unclear whether motor improvement is also based on sensory recovery. In former clinical studies subgroups of patients with sensory deficits showed more improvement of motor tests than patients with less affected sensory deficits. Considering this circumstance the underlying reorganization…