Assessment of movement quality in robot- assisted upper limb rehabilitation after stroke: a review.

ABSTRACT: : Studies of stroke patients undergoing robot-assisted rehabilitation have revealed various kinematic parameters describing movement quality of the upper limb. However, due to the different level of stroke impairment and different assessment criteria and interventions, the evaluation of the effectiveness of rehabilitation program is undermined. This paper presents a systematic review of kinematic assessments of movement quality of the upper limb and identifies the suitable parameters describing impairments in stroke patients. A total of 41 different clinical and pilot studies on different phases of stroke recovery utilizing kinematic parameters are evaluated. Kinematic parameters describing movement accuracy are mostly reported for chronic patients with statistically significant outcomes a

SUBMITTER: Nordin N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4180322 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature