ARMOR: An electromechanical robot for upper limb training following stroke. A prospective randomised controlled pilot study;ARMOR: Elektromechanischer roboter für das bewegungstraining der oberen extremität nach schlaganfall. Prospektive randomisierte kontrollierte pilotstudie

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-73

  Mayr, Andreas ^a   Kofler, M ^a   Saltuari, L ^a  

^a Hospital Hochzirl   (Austria)

Author keywords

ARMOR; Chedoke McMaster Stroke Assessment; Electromechanical arm robot; EMG triggered neuromuscular electrical stimulation; Functional Dexterity Test; Stroke; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASHWORTH SCALE; AUTOMATION; CHEDOKE MCMASTER STROKE ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMECHANICAL ROBOT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DEXTERITY TEST; GONIOMETRY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; ROBOTICS; SHOULDER PAIN; STROKE; TRAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; PARESIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149159678     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-989425     Document Type: Article

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