Young Children Benefit from Intensive, Group-Based Pediatric Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy

Overview

Journal Healthcare (Basel)

Specialty Health Services

Date 2024 Nov 9

PMID 39517346

Authors

Katherine S Ryan-Bloomer

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Abstract

Background/objectives: This quasi-experimental study examined the effectiveness of an intensive, group-based pediatric constraint-induced movement therapy (pCIMT) program for young children.

Methods: Thirty-five children aged 21 months to 6 years, with unilateral hemiparesis (HP), or weakness on one side of the body from varying etiologies, participated in a 4-week intensive, interprofessional, theme- and group-based pCIMT clinic program in the Midwest, United States. The program ran for 4 weeks with 3 h of therapy per day, 5 days per week with 3 weeks of 24 h casting for the unaffected arm, followed by 1 week of bimanual focus. Outcome measures included the Quality Upper Extremity Skills Test (QUEST), Assisting Hand Assessment (AHA), Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM), and Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI).

Results: The participants statistically significantly improved the unilateral function of the HP arm in four of five QUEST variables ( < 0.009), bimanual coordination as measured by the AHA ( < 0.001), and some areas of occupational performance as measured by the COPM ( < 0.001) and PEDI ( < 0.05).

Conclusions: This study revealed the intensive, group-based pCIMT clinic model was effective and feasible to implement with the support from various stakeholders.

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