A randomized clinical control study on the efficacy of three-dimensional upper limb robotic exoskeleton training in chronic stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although robotics assisted rehabilitation has proven to be effective in stroke rehabilitation, a limited functional improvements in Activities of Daily Life has been also observed after the administration of robotic training. To this aim in this study we compare the efficacy in terms of both clinical and functional outcomes of a robotic training performed with a multi-joint functional exoskeleton in goal-oriented exercises compared to a conventional physical therapy program, equally matched in terms of intensity and time. As a secondary goal of the study, it was assessed the capability of kinesiologic measurements-extracted by the exoskeleton robotic system-of predicting the rehabilitation outcomes using a set of robotic biomarkers collected at the baseline.

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SUBMITTER: Frisoli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8817500 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature