Effects of robot therapy on upper body kinematics and arm function in persons post stroke: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Robot-based rehabilitation for persons post-stroke may improve arm function and daily-life activities as measured by clinical scales, but its effects on motor strategies during functional tasks are still poorly investigated. This study aimed at assessing the effects of robot-therapy versus arm-specific physiotherapy in persons post-stroke on motor strategies derived from upper body instrumented kinematic analysis, and on arm function measured by clinical scales. METHODS:Forty persons in the sub-acute and chronic stage post-stroke were recruited. This sample included all those subjects, enrolled in a larger bi-center study, who underwent instrumented kinematic analysis and who were randomized in Center 2 into Robot (R_Group) and Control Group (C_Group). R_Group received robot-ass

SUBMITTER: Carpinella I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6990497 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature