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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Improving Upper-Limb Recovery in Patients with Chronic Stroke Using an 8-Week Bilateral Arm-Training Device.

Thanyaporn Wongwatcharanon, Pinailug Tantilipikorn Earde, Bunyong Rungroungdouyboon, Patcharee Kooncumchoo

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Thanyaporn WongwatcharanonMedical Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University, Khlong Luang 12120, Thailand.
Pinailug Tantilipikorn EardeDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Khlong Luang 12120, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-4167-977X
Bunyong RungroungdouyboonDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University, Khlong Luang 12120, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-2475-5825
Patcharee KooncumchooDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Khlong Luang 12120, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-1816-1430

Funding

National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) 2564
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Upper-limb impairments after stroke significantly affect patients' quality of life and require effective rehabilitation strategies. Rehabilitation devices play a vital role in enhancing motor recovery. This study evaluated the efficacy of the

Indexed as

bilateral arm trainingrehabilitation machinestroke

Identifiers

PMID40724497
PMCPMC12300275

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