Robot-aided intensive training in post-stroke recovery.
The successful motor rehabilitation of stroke patients requires an intensive and task-specific therapy approach. The plasticity of the adult human brain provides opportunities to enhance traditional rehabilitation programs for these individuals. Intensive robot-aided sensorimotor training may have a positive effect on reducing impairment and disability and increasing reorganization of the adult brain. This approach may therefore efficaciously complement standard post-stroke multidisciplinary programs as shown by recent experimental trials.
Masiero
Stefano
S
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy. stef.masiero@unipd.it
Celia
Andrea
A
Armani
Mario
M
Rosati
Giulio
G
Tavolato
Bruno
B
Ferraro
Claudio
C
Ortolani
Marco
M
D006801:Humans; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000295:instrumentation; D012371:Robotics; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation