Stroke Research and Treatment
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 159391, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/159391
Research Article
Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT): Current Perspectives and Future Directions
Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Received 7 November 2011; Revised 14 February 2012; Accepted 15 February 2012
Academic Editor: Agnès Roby-Brami
Copyright © 2012 Aimee P. Reiss et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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