Three-dimensional, task-specific robot therapy of the arm after stroke: A multicentre, parallel-group randomised trial

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 159-166

  Klamroth Marganska, Verena ^a,b   Blanco, Javier ^d   Campen, Katrin ^e   Curt, Armin ^b   Dietz, Volker ^b   Ettlin, Thierry ^f   Felder, Morena ^d   Fellinghauer, Bernd ^a   Guidali, Marco ^a,b   Kollmar, Anja ^a,b   Luft, Andreas ^c,e   Nef, Tobias ^g   Schuster Amft, Corina ^f,h   Stahel, Werner ^a   Riener, Robert ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Zürcher Höhenkliniken ^*  (Switzerland)

^e Zentrum für ambulante Rehabilitation ZAR   (Switzerland)

^f Reha Rheinfelden   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUGL MEYER ASSESSMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOT THERAPY; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892496540     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70305-3     Document Type: Article

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