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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2024

Long-term effects of mobile exoneuromusculoskeleton (ENMS)-assisted self-help telerehabilitation after stroke.

Wanyi Qing, Ching-Yi Nam, Harvey Man-Hok Shum, Marko Ka-Leung Chan, King-Pong Yu, Serena Sin-Wah Ng, Bibo Yang, Xiaoling Hu

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 2 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wanyi QingDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Ching-Yi NamDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Harvey Man-Hok ShumCommunity Rehabilitation Service Support Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Marko Ka-Leung ChanCommunity Rehabilitation Service Support Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
King-Pong YuCommunity Rehabilitation Service Support Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Serena Sin-Wah NgCommunity Rehabilitation Service Support Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Bibo YangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Xiaoling HuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University · HKQueen Elizabeth Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Investigation on long-term effects of robot-assisted poststroke rehabilitation is challenging because of the difficulties in administration and follow-up of individuals throughout the process. A mobile hybrid neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)-robot, i.e., exoneuromusculoskeleton (ENSM) was adopted for a single-group trial to investigate the long-term effects of the robot-assisted self-help telerehabilitation on upper limb motor function after stroke. Twenty-two patients with chronic stroke were recruited to attend a 20-session telerehabilitation program assisted by the wrist/hand module of the ENMS (WH-ENMS). Participants were evaluated before, after, as well as at 3 months and 6 months after the training. The primary outcome measure was the Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Upper Extremity (FMA-UE), supplemented by secondary outcome measures of the FMA-UE of the shoulder and elbow (FMA shoulder/elbow), the FMA-UE of the wrist and hand (FMA wrist/hand), the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), the Action Research Arm Test (ARAT), the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT), the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), as well as electromyography (EMG) and kinematic measurements. Twenty participants completed the telerehabilitation program, with 19 returning for a 3-month follow-up, and 18 for a 6-month follow-up. Significantly improved clinical scores were observed after the training (

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long termrehabilitationrobotstroketelerehabilitationupper limb

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PMID38545602
PMCPMC10965606
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