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Trial reportJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2014

Effects of upper limb robot-assisted therapy on motor recovery in subacute stroke patients.

Patrizio Sale, Marco Franceschini, Stefano Mazzoleni, Enzo Palma, Maurizio Agosti, Federico Posteraro

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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  13. Effects of robot-assisted upper limb rehabilitation in stroke patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Patrizio SaleDepartment of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy. patrizio.sale@gmail.com.
Marco Franceschini
Stefano Mazzoleni
Enzo Palma
Maurizio Agosti
Federico Posteraro

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeThere is little evidence available on the use of robot-assisted therapy in subacute stroke patients. A randomized controlled trial was carried out to evaluate the short-time efficacy of intensive robot-assisted therapy compared to usual physical therapy performed in the early phase after stroke onset.

methodsFifty-three subacute stroke patients at their first-ever stroke were enrolled 30 ± 7 days after the acute event and randomized into two groups, both exposed to standard therapy. Additional 30 sessions of robot-assisted therapy were provided to the Experimental Group. Additional 30 sessions of usual therapy were provided to the Control Group.The following impairment evaluations were performed at the beginning (T0), after 15 sessions (T1), and at the end of the treatment (T2): Fugl-Meyer Assessment Scale (FM), Modified Ashworth Scale-Shoulder (MAS-S), Modified Ashworth Scale-Elbow (MAS-E), Total Passive Range of Motion-Shoulder/Elbow (pROM), and Motricity Index (MI).

resultsEvidence of significant improvements in MAS-S (p = 0.004), MAS-E (p = 0.018) and pROM (p < 0.0001) was found in the Experimental Group. Significant improvement was demonstrated in both Experimental and Control Group in FM (EG: p < 0.0001, CG: p < 0.0001) and MI (EG: p < 0.0001, CG: p < 0.0001), with an higher improvement in the Experimental Group.

conclusionsRobot-assisted upper limb rehabilitation treatment can contribute to increasing motor recovery in subacute stroke patients. Focusing on the early phase of stroke recovery has a high potential impact in clinical practice.

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Recovery of FunctionStroke RehabilitationAgedFemaleHumansMaleParesisPhysical Therapy ModalitiesRoboticsStrokeUpper Extremity

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PMCPMC4074149

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