Objectives: Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) is an intervention method that can enhance cerebral palsy (CP) children's hand function. CP is a pervasive and common disorder which affects many aspects of a child life. Hemiplegic CP affects one side of a child's hand and has great effect on child's independence. We investigated the CIMT's studies conducted in Iran, and indicated the effectiveness of CIMT on duration and children age?
Materials & methods: This systematic review was conducted using the electronic databases such as Medline PubMed, CINAHL, etc. performed from 1990 to 2016. Iranian and foreigner famous journals in the fields of pediatrics such as Iranian Journal of Pediatrics (IJP), Iranian Rehabilitation Journal (IRJ) and Google scholar with some specific keywords such as CP, CIMT, and occupational therapy were searched.
Results: Overall, 43 articles were found, from which, 28 articles were removed because of lack of relevancy. Ten article were omitted because of duplication and exclusion criteria, so finally 15 articles were included.
Conclusion: CIMT is effective compared to no intervention but there are some inconsistencies regarding some parts of CIMT effectiveness such as its effectiveness on muscle tone and protective extension.
Keywords: Cerebral palsy; Constraint-induced movement therapy; Hemiplegia; Rehabilitation; Systematic review.