Quality of movement
A high level RCT (Facchin et al, 2011) compare the effects of mCIMT with those of a bimanual intensive rehabilitation treatment in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy after a 10-week intervention period. The quality of movement in the affected upper extremity improved significantly in the mCIMT and bimanual intensive rehabilitation treatment groups, as compared to the standard therapy group.
Conclusion: There is moderate evidence (level 1b) from a high quality RCT indicating that intensive bimanual training improves quality of movement in the upper extremity. However, additional research is needed in order to set standardized parameters for such interventions.
