Recovery of hand function with robot-assisted therapy in acute stroke patients: A randomized-controlled trial

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 236-242

  Sale, Patrizio ^a   Mazzoleni, Stefano ^b,c   Lombardi, Valentina ^a   Galafate, Daniele ^a   Massimiani, Maria P ^b   Posteraro, Federico ^c,d   Damiani, Carlo ^e   Franceschini, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c Rehabilitation Bioengineering Laboratory   (Italy)

^d Auxilium Vitae Rehabilitation Center   (Italy)

^e Res U Dept Med Sci S R   (Italy)

Author keywords

hand function; randomized controlled trial; rehabilitation; robotic; stroke

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS;

EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; HAND FUNCTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCILS; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOT-ASSISTED THERAPIES; ROBOTIC REHABILITATION; STROKE;

RECOVERY;

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

EID: 84906068879     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: 14735660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0000000000000059     Document Type: Article

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