Abstract
This study describes the results of four children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy, age between four and eleven years (6.50± 3.32) who had performed a Constraint-induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) protocol. The purpose was to analyze qualitatively the effects of the CIMT protocol on the use of the affected upper limb. The protocol was performed for three weeks, with restriction of the nonaffected upper limb and functional activities were performed with the transfer of gains during treatment to the real environment. A qualitativeanalysis of the upper limb movement was performed through the Quality of Upper Skills Test (QUEST) scale and the assessment of distal adjustments. Improvements on the QUEST scale score and on the distal adjustments were observed in all four participants after the training protocol. The constraint-induced movement therapy may be an effective intervention aiming to improve the quality of the upper limb movement in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy.
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