Bimanual motor skill learning and robotic assistance for chronic hemiparetic stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Using robotic devices might improve recovery post-stroke, but the optimal way to apply robotic assistance has yet to be determined. The current study aimed to investigate whether training under the robotic active-assisted mode improves bimanual motor skill learning (biMSkL) more than training under the active mode in stroke patients. Twenty-six healthy individuals (HI) and 23 chronic hemiparetic stroke patients with a detectable lesion on MRI or CT scan, who demonstrated motor deficits in the upper limb, were randomly allocated to two parallel groups. The protocol included a two-day training on a new bimanual cooperative task, LIFT-THE-TRAY, under either the active or active-assisted modes (where assistance decreased in a pre-determined stepwise fashion) with the bimanual version of the RE

SUBMITTER: Yeganeh Doost M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8323667 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature