Trial reportJournal of rehabilitation medicine2022
Upper Limb Training with a Dynamic Hand Orthosis in Early Subacute Stroke: A Pilot Randomized Trial.
Trial report in Journal of rehabilitation medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- A Scoping Review of Technology-Based Approaches for Upper Limb Motor Rehabilitation after Stroke: Are We Really Targeting Severe Impairment?Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Advances in the clinical application of orthotic devices for stroke and spinal cord injury since 2013.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- A study of dynamic hand orthosis combined with unilateral task-oriented training in subacute stroke: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy case series.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the effect of the addition of a dynamic hand orthosis to unilateral task-oriented training in early subacute stroke.
designPilot randomized trial with concealed allocation, measurer blinding, and intention-to-treat analysis.
settingRehabilitation hospital.
participantsThirty subacute stroke patients with moderate-to-severe upper limb disability.
interventionAll participants received 4 weeks (60 min per day, 5 days a week) of unilateral task-oriented training. The experimental group (n = 15) wore a dynamic hand orthosis during half of the training time (i.e. 30 min per day). OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary outcome was the upper limb activity measured using the Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) measured at baseline and 4 weeks. Secondary outcomes were the Nine-hole Peg Test, Fugl-Meyer Assessment for upper extremity, grip strength, modified Ashworth Scale, Barthel Index and EuroQol-5D.
resultsNo difference between groups was found for the primary outcome ARAT (mean difference 4/57, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) -5 to 13) nor for any secondary outcome.
conclusionNo additional benefit was found of wearing a dynamic hand orthosis during unilateral taskoriented training in the early subacute period.
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