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ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2017

Recovery of Proprioception in the Upper Extremity by Robotic Mirror Therapy: a Clinical Pilot Study for Proof of Concept.

Hyung Seok Nam, Sukgyu Koh, Jaewon Beom, Yoon Jae Kim, Jang Woo Park, Eun Sil Koh, Sun Gun Chung, Sungwan Kim

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Article in Journal of Korean medical science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07763691 (Effects of Robot-Assisted Mirror Therapy on Upper Extremity Function in the Rehabilitation of Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07763691 naactive not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Robot-Assisted Mirror Therapy on Upper Extremity Function in the Rehabilitation of Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy

TypeinterventionalSponsorMedipol UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled20ConditionsCerebral Palsy (CP), Hemiparetic Cerebral PalsyArmsRobot-Assisted Mirror Therapy, Mirror Therapy, Neurodevelopmental Treatment
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hyung Seok NamDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2210-7170
Sukgyu KohInterdisciplinary Program for Bioengineering, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4764-2089
Jaewon BeomDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7984-9661
Yoon Jae KimInterdisciplinary Program for Bioengineering, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9968-9391
Jang Woo ParkDepartment of Medical and Biological Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2855-2902
Eun Sil KohDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8119-4297
Sun Gun ChungDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5785-8110
Sungwan KimDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9318-849X
Seoul National University · KRKyungpook National University · KRNational Medical Center · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A novel robotic mirror therapy system was recently developed to provide proprioceptive stimulus to the hemiplegic arm during a mirror therapy. Validation of the robotic mirror therapy system was performed to confirm its synchronicity prior to the clinical study. The mean error angle range between the intact arm and the robot was 1.97 to 4.59 degrees. A 56-year-old male who had right middle cerebral artery infarction 11 months ago received the robotic mirror therapy for ten 30-minute sessions during 2 weeks. Clinical evaluation and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies were performed before and after the intervention. At the follow-up evaluation, the thumb finding test score improved from 2 to 1 for eye level and from 3 to 1 for overhead level. The Albert's test score on the left side improved from 6 to 11. Improvements were sustained at 2-month follow-up. The fMRI during the passive motion revealed a considerable increase in brain activity at the lower part of the right superior parietal lobule, suggesting the possibility of proprioception enhancement. The robotic mirror therapy system may serve as a useful treatment method for patients with supratentorial stroke to facilitate recovery of proprioceptive deficit and hemineglect.

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BrainCerebral Arterial DiseasesExoskeleton DeviceHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsProprioceptionRecovery of FunctionRoboticsStroke RehabilitationTreatment OutcomeUpper ExtremityHemiplegiaNeurorehabilitationProprioceptionRobotic ExoskeletonStroke

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