Relation of depressive symptoms to outcome of CI movement therapy after stroke

Luckily I never underwent CIMT, I had no use of left hand fingers and wouldn't have been able to feed myself, open doors or go to the bathroom. It would have been incredibly depressing for me.
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Rehabilitation Psychology , Volume 62(4) , Pgs. 509-515.

NARIC Accession Number: J77637.  What's this?
ISSN: 0090-5550.
Author(s): Haddad, Michelle M.; Uswatte, Gitendra; Taub, Edward; Barghi, Ameen; Mark, Victor W..
Publication Year: 2017.
Number of Pages: 7.
Abstract: Study analyzed depressive symptoms and motor scores from patients who underwent constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) after stroke to determine whether depressive symptoms significantly affected physical treatment outcome, and whether depressive symptoms had changed during the treatment. Forty adults with mild-to-moderate upper-extremity hemiparesis who received CIMT in 2 previously published studies completed the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale and Motor Activity Log (MAL) before and after CIMT. Regression analysis was used to test whether Zung scores predicted response to CIMT and paired t tests were used to test whether depressive symptoms changed from pre- to posttreatment. Results indicated that pretreatment Zung score did not predict outcome on the MAL Arm Use scale, after controlling for pretreatment MAL scores. Additionally, participants had a small but statistically significant decrease in Zung score. These results suggest that depressive symptoms do not significantly limit motor recovery in patients treated with CIMT for chronic poststroke hemiparesis. Additionally, treatment with CIMT may improve depressive symptoms.
Descriptor Terms: DEPRESSION, EXERCISE, LIMBS, MOTOR SKILLS, OUTCOMES, PHYSICAL THERAPY, REHABILITATION SERVICES, STROKE.


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Citation: Haddad, Michelle M., Uswatte, Gitendra, Taub, Edward, Barghi, Ameen, Mark, Victor W.. (2017). Relation of depressive symptoms to outcome of CI movement therapy after stroke.  Rehabilitation Psychology , 62(4), Pgs. 509-515. Retrieved 2/21/2018, from REHABDATA database.