Art skill-based rehabilitation training for upper limb sensorimotor recovery post-stroke: A feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of delivering Art skill-based Rehabilitation Training (ART), a novel upper limb motor training program, to patients with stroke as an adjunct to standard care in an inpatient setting.

Design

Feasibility study.

Setting

Inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit at a university hospital.

Participants

Thirty-eight patients admitted to a stroke rehabilitation unit with upper limb motor impairment were enrolled in the ART program facilitated by trained non-healthcare professionals between December 2017 and June 2021.

Intervention

The ART program included nine, one-hour sessions of supervised tracing and freehand drawing tasks completed with both hands. This program was intended to be delivered at a

SUBMITTER: Christiansen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9515518 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature