Stephen J. Page

TL;DR: Estimating the clinically important difference (CID) for the upper-extremity portion of the Fugl-Meyer Scale (UE-FM) in people with minimal to moderate impairment due to chronic stroke revealed that change in UE-FM scores during the intervention period distinguished participants who experienced clinically important improvement from those that did not based on the therapists' GROC scores.

TL;DR: The results support the efficacy of programs incorporating mental practice for rehabilitating affected arm motor function in patients with chronic stroke and significant reductions in affected arm impairment and significant increases in daily arm function are clinically significant.

TL;DR: Imagery is a clinically feasible, cost-effective complement to therapy that may improve outcomes more than participation in therapy only, and is recommended as a complement to physical and occupational therapy.

TL;DR: In this article, a modified constraint-induced movement therapy (mCIMT) protocol for patients with chronic stroke was evaluated in a single-blinded randomized controlled trial and the results showed significant improvement on the Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Motor Recovery (FMA), Action Research Arm (ARA) Test, and Motor Activity Log (MAL).

TL;DR: It is posited that patients with CVA adapt to therapeutic exercise but that this is not indicative of a diminished capacity for motor improvement, and findings suggesting that Patients with chronic CVA can benefit from motor rehabilitation programs that apply novel or different parameters and modalities are suggested.