Robot training enhanced motor outcome in patients with stroke maintained over 3 years.
In an attempt to improve motor recovery of the upper limb after stroke, we added a robot (MIT-Manus) experience that provided additional goal-directed sensorimotor activity to standard rehabilitation treatments. The first trial produced a significant decrease in motor impairment in the upper limb for the treated group. In re-evaluating 12 of those 20 patients, nearly 3 years later, robot-trained patients showed further significant decreases in impairment measures of the affected limb. The groups were comparable at the start of the study.
Volpe
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Cornell University Medical College, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Burke Medical Research Institute, White Plains, NY 10605, USA.
Krebs
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Hogan
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Edelsteinn
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Diels
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Aisen
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D000368:Aged; D005121:Extremities / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D012371:Robotics; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome