Translational effects of robot-mediated therapy in subacute stroke patients: an experimental evaluation of upper limb motor recovery.

ABSTRACT: Robot-mediated therapies enhance the recovery of post-stroke patients with motor deficits. Repetitive and repeatable exercises are essential for rehabilitation following brain damage or other disorders that impact the central nervous system, as plasticity permits to reorganize its neural structure, fostering motor relearning. Despite the fact that so many studies claim the validity of robot-mediated therapy in post-stroke patient rehabilitation, it is still difficult to assess to what extent its adoption improves the efficacy of traditional therapy in daily life, and also because most of the studies involved planar robots. In this paper, we report the effects of a 20-session-rehabilitation project involving the Armeo Power robot, an assistive exoskeleton to perform 3D upper limb movements,

SUBMITTER: Palermo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6128258 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature