Effects of Uni- vs. Bilateral Upper Limb Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation on Motor Function, Activities of Daily Living, and Electromyography in Hemiplegic Stroke: A Single-Blinded Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate if bilateral or unilateral upper limb robot-assisted rehabilitation training using a new three-dimensional end-effector robot that targets shoulder and elbow flexion and abduction is superior to conventional therapy with regard to upper extremity motor function recovery and neuromuscular improvement in stroke patients.

Design

Randomized, controlled, parallel, assessor-blinded, three-arm clinical trial.

Setting

Southeast University Zhongda Hospital Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

Methods

Seventy patients with hemiplegic stroke were randomly assigned to conventional training (Control, n = 23) or unilateral (URT, n = 23), or bilateral robotic training (BRT, n = 24). The conventional group received routine rehabilitation, 60 min/day, 6 days/week, for

SUBMITTER: Yuan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10143606 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature