Increasing practice intensity
Schneider Emma, Lannin Natasha A, & Ada Louise (2019 online early). A professional development program increased the intensity of practice undertaken in an inpatient upper limb rehabilitation class: A pre-post study. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. If you have attended (or plan to attend) a StrokeEd upper limb retraining workshop, there is now preliminary evidence [...]
Coaching Summary
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Mental practice/imagery
Here is a very good u-tube explanation and recording of mental practice for upper limb training. We use part of this recording in our workshops. This recording was recommended as a ‘good example’ for teaching stroke survivors ‘how to do’ mental practice by Dr Karen Liu at Western Sydney University; Karen who conducts research [...]
International CIMT survey
Christie L, McCluskey A, & Lovarini M (2019, online early). Constraint-induced movement therapy for upper limb recovery in adult neurorehabilitation: An international survey of current knowledge and experience. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. This is the first publication from Lauren Christie's PhD about the implementation and sustainability of upper limb CIMT. While helping 9 teams [...]