Robot-supported upper limb training in a virtual learning environment : a pilot randomized controlled trial in persons with MS.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the functional impact of upper limb dysfunction in multiple sclerosis (MS), effects of intensive exercise programs and specifically robot-supported training have been rarely investigated in persons with advanced MS.

Aim

To investigate the effects of additional robot-supported upper limb training in persons with MS compared to conventional treatment only.

Methods

Seventeen persons with MS (pwMS) (median Expanded Disability Status Scale of 8, range 3.5-8.5) were included in a pilot RCT comparing the effects of additional robot-supported training to conventional treatment only. Additional training consisted of 3 weekly sessions of 30 min interacting with the HapticMaster robot within an individualised virtual learning environment (I-TRAVLE). Clinical m

SUBMITTER: Feys P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4511982 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature