title: [Arm rehabilitation : Current concepts and therapeutic options].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Arm paralysis after a stroke is a major cause of impairment.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Presentation of therapeutic options and the efficacy in arm rehabilitation after stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on a systematic critical appraisal of randomized controlled trials (RCT) the therapeutic procedures for arm paralysis after stroke in the context of their effectiveness are introduced, including robotic therapy, mirror therapy, constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT), arm basis training, arm ability training, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, bilateral and task-specific training, mental training and transcranial stimulation techniques, such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Several therapeutic procedures with proven efficacy are currently available for arm rehabilitation after stroke. Their differential indications are presented and associated with conclusions for clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: BDH-Klinik Greifswald, Neurologisches Rehabilitationszentrum und Querschnittgelähmtenzentrum, An-Institut der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald, Karl-Liebknecht-Ring 26a, 17491, Greifswald, Deutschland. t.platz@bdh-klinik-greifswald.de.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Platz
authors.affiliation: BDH-Klinik Greifswald, Neurologisches Rehabilitationszentrum und Querschnittgelähmtenzentrum, An-Institut der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald, Karl-Liebknecht-Ring 26a, 17491, Greifswald, Deutschland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schmuck
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Movement therapy; Neurorehabilitation; Randomized controlled trials; Robotics; Transcranial stimulation