Chronic stroke survivors achieve comparable outcomes following virtual task specific repetitive training guided by a wearable robotic orthosis (UL-EXO7) and actual task specific repetitive training guided by a physical therapist

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 343-352

  Byl, Nancy N ^a   Abrams, Gary M ^b   Pitsch, Erica ^a   Fedulow, Irina ^a   Kim, Hyunchul ^c   Simkins, Matt ^c   Nagarajan, Srikantan ^d   Rosen, Jacob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exoskeleton; Physical therapy; Robotic training; Stroke; Upper limb hemi paresis

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL TASK SPECIFIC REPETITIVE TRAINING; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TRAINING; MYALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON; STROKE PATIENT; VIRTUAL TASK SPECIFIC REPETITIVE TRAINING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EXOSKELETON; PHYSICAL THERAPY; ROBOTIC TRAINING; STROKE; UPPER LIMB HEMI-PARESIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886598701     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: 1545004X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jht.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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