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Emily Christman1, Kaitlin McAllister1, Katie Claar1
1Emily Christman, MOT, OTR/L; Kaitlin McAllister, MOT, OTR/L; Katie Claar, MOT, OTR/L; and Samantha Kaufman, MOT, OTR/L, were Students, Department of Occupational Therapy, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, at the time of the study.
Objective:
We sought to determine occupational therapists' opinions of two pediatric constraint-induced movement therapy (pCIMT) protocols.
Method:
A total of 272 therapists in pediatric rehabilitation clinics completed an electronic survey to determine their opinions of two published pCIMT protocols. In Protocol A, restraint is worn 24 hr/day on the nonparetic upper extremity (UE), and in-clinic, therapist-supervised practice sessions occur 7 days/wk for 6 hr/day over 3 wk. In Protocol B, restraint is worn 2 hr/day on the nonparetic UE, and in-clinic, therapist-supervised practice sessions occur 1 day/wk for 2 hr/day over 8 wk.
Results:
The majority of participants reported moderate to high concerns about every facet of Protocol A. Conversely, >50% of participants reported low or no concerns about five of seven facets of Protocol B.
Conclusion:
This study adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that therapists strongly prefer low-duration pCIMT protocols.
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