Robot assisted upper limb therapy combined with upper limb rehabilitation was at least as effective on a range of outcomes, and cost less to deliver, as an equal dose of upper limb rehabilitation alone for people with stroke

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-76

  Imms, Christine ^a   Wallen, Margaret ^a   Laver, Kate ^b  

^a CAPs Advisory Board Member   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; ROBOTICS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER LIMB; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; ROBOTICS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84922021898     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1440-1630.12188     Document Type: Article

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