Objective:

This study was a systematic review on the effectiveness of the use of the constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT) for the recovery of the motor function hand of the adult with spastic hemiplegia adult between 18 and 85 years of age.

Materials and methods:

We conducted a systematic review of published clinical trials in different data bases: Pubmed, PeDro, OTseeker, virtual libraries and Science Direct, ProQuest, and Ebsco, with the search terms "constraint induced movement therapy" and "stroke", between January to December of 2016, without limits of publication or restriction of language, whose eligibility is conducted through the strategy Consort and the assessment of the methodological quality using the PEDro scale. A total of 29 clinical trial were included, where 648 people were assigned to the experimental group and 650 in the control group.

Results:

The group of therapy of CIMT side showed intervention times ranging from 45 minutes to 6 hours depending on the protocol of attention in the qualitative synthesis were presented positive results at the level of motor function, manual dexterity and incorporation into the normal environment in relation with another type of intervention, although not all with homogeneous results and statistically significant effects. This is due to small samples included in the studies, two protocols of perform, the use of restrictions as gloves, cast, sling plus glove.

Conclusion:

The CIMT is an alternative intervention that can be implemented in people with sequels of stroke with low or moderate compromise, presenting as an initial condition the capacity of extend the fingers to 10° and the wrist to 30° of side with paresia; could be used in people at any stage of stroke.

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