New technologies promoting active upper limb rehabilitation after stroke: an overview and network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The primary aim of this work was to summarize and compare the effects of active rehabilitation assisted by new technologies (virtual reality [VR], robot-assisted therapy [RAT] and telerehabilitation [TR)) on upper limb motor function and everyday living activity during the subacute and chronic phases of stroke. The secondary aims were to compare the effects of these technologies according to the intervention design (in addition to or in substitution of conventional therapy), the duration of active rehabilitation and the severity of patients' motor impairments.

Evidence acquisition

Several databases, namely PubMed, Scopus, Embase and Cochrane Library, were searched. Studies were included if they were meta-analyses with a moderate to high level of confidence (asse

SUBMITTER: Everard G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9980549 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature