IC 29: Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT): A New Era of Comparative Effectiveness Research and Documenting Fidelity of Treatment Sharon Ramey, Ph.D.; Richard Stevenson, MD; Stephanie DeLuca, Ph.D.; Amy Darragh, OTR/L, PhD, FAOTA
Learning Objective:
1) Understand the advantages and limits of alternative designs for conducting comparative effectiveness research. Included will be prospective randomized controlled trials and strategic analyses of clinical databases 2) Learn how to apply a recently developed reliable and valid tool to measure treatment fidelity (protocol adherence) for CIMT and other interventions 3) Identify and be able to monitor factors likely to influence decision making and implementation of CIMT and other treatment protocols, based on comparative effectiveness findings 4) Discuss comparative effectiveness research and treatment fidelity with parents and clinicians