Effect of Constraint Induced Movement Therapy Versus Motor Relearning Programme to Enhance Upper Limb Motor Function In Stroke Patients: A Quasi Experimental Study

Objective: Effect of constraint induced movement
therapy versus motor relearning programme to enhance
upper limb motor function in stroke patients
Design: Quasi experimental study
Settings: The present study was conducted at OPD of
University College of Physiotherapy, Faridkot, IPD and
OPD of Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery of
Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital,
Faridkot,Punjab.
Participants: A total of 30 post-stroke patients with
upper limb impairment were randomly allocated into
two equal groups comprises 15 patients each.Group A
received constraint induced movement therapy and
Group B received motor relearning programme. The
total duration of intervention was 1 hour per session and
frequency of 8 weeks, with 5 sessions per week.
Main Outcome Measures: The outcome measures
included were Motor Assessment Scale (MAS) and
Modified Rankin Scale (MRS).
Results: The present study revealed that both
parameters within the groups had significantly improved

in the preintervention analysis. However, post-
intervention scores of all the parameters of Group A

revealed considerable high improvement at a significant
level of (p<0.05) when compared to Group B.
Conclusion: Group A (CIMT) shows significantly more
improvement as compared to group B (MRP) in terms of
motor function and degree of disability.