ArticleFrontiers in neurology2025
Combination of robot-assisted glove and mirror therapy improves upper limb motor function in subacute stroke patients: a randomized controlled pilot study.
Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07467915 (Effect of Combining Mirror Therapy With Soft Robotic Glove on Hand Function Recovery in Post-Stroke Hemiplegic Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effect of Combining Mirror Therapy With Soft Robotic Glove on Hand Function Recovery in Post-Stroke Hemiplegic Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effectiveness of mirror and robot-assisted therapy for upper extremity rehabilitation in post-stroke patients: a meta-analysis.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of a soft robotic exoskeleton for upper-limb rehabilitation in subacute stroke inpatient rehabilitation: a randomised controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Differential cortical responses of robot-assisted active and mirror therapy task conditions in stroke patients and healthy controls: a comparative fNIRS study.Frontiers in neurologyTrial
- Topography of Cortical Activation with Mirror Visual Feedback and Electromyography-Triggered Electrical Stimulation: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study in Healthy Older Adults.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Effects of cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation on improving post-stroke upper extremity motor function: a protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: This pilot study aimed to investigate the effects of combining mirror therapy with robot-assisted glove therapy (RMT) on upper limb functional recovery in patients with post-stroke hemiplegia. Methods: Fifty-two patients with subacute stroke were randomly assigned to three groups mirror therapy (MT) group, robot-assisted therapy (RT) group or RMT group-using a computer-generated randomization table. Patients in all three groups received routine rehabilitation training, MT group received mirror therapy on the basis of this, RT group received rehabilitation robot glove training on the basis of conventional rehabilitation treatment, and the RMT group received rehabilitation robot glove training and mirror therapy at the same time. All interventions lasted for 4 weeks, 5 times a week. Before treatment, 4 weeks after treatment, Fugl-Meyer Assessment-Upper Extremity (FMA-UE), Brunnstrom Hemiplegic Rating Scale, Functional test for the Hemiplegic Upper Extremity-HongKong (FTHUE-HK), Functional Independence Measure (FIM) were used to evaluate the upper limb function and activities of daily living (ADL) of patients. Results: Compared with baseline, FMA-UE, Brunnstrom upper limb and hand grade and FIM score were observed across all three groups post-intervention ( Conclusion: Mirror therapy combined with rehabilitation robot glove may be an effective treatment method to improve the upper limb function, promote the recovery of motor function and improve the ability of daily living of patients with hemiplegia in subacute stroke.
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