Constraint induced movement therapy in people with stroke.

Terapia de restricción del lado sano como opción de manejo de personas con secuelas de enfermedad cerebrovascular.

Constraint induced movement therapy is considered a current alternatives in neurorehabilitation, in this is a lock on the unaffected side, facilitating the development of skills in the hemiplegic side, from the practice of successive task and shaping. Objective: the effects at the level of hand function in adults with spastic hemiplegia from a process of review of the literature contained in different databases. Methods: We performed a literature search in different databases such as Pubmed, PeDro, OtSeeker, Scient Direct, using as a search term "stroke" and "constraint induced movement therapy; the information was collected which will deal about the technique and its application in patients hemiplegics adults. Conclusions: The reviewed literature shows that the therapy of restriction of the healthy side generates multiple benefits in terms of arm function and specifically, to the motor function of upper limb (grips, scope), and therefore in functional independence. It is recommended that the implementation of the most widespread protocols in Latin American population as well as to establish cost-effectiveness and the adoption of this strategy in clinical intervention plans.