Robot-Assisted Therapy for Long-Term Upper-Limb Impairment after Stroke
Lo AC, Guarino PD, Richards LG, Haselkorn JK, Wittenberg GF, Federman DG, Ringer RJ, Wagner TH, Krebs HI, Volpe BT, Bever CT, Bravata DM, Duncan PW, Corn BH, Maffucci AD, Nadeau SE, Conroy SS, Powell JM, Huang GD, Peduzzi P. Robot-Assisted Therapy for Long-Term Upper-Limb Impairment after Stroke. New England Journal Of Medicine 2010, 362: 1772-1783. PMID: 20400552, PMCID: PMC5592692, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0911341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWolf Motor Function TestFugl-Meyer scoreUsual careMotor Function TestRobot-assisted therapyStroke Impact ScaleIntensive therapySecondary analysisFunction testsComparison therapyMotor functionImpact ScaleSerious adverse eventsFugl-Meyer AssessmentUpper limb deficitsLong-term deficitsSensorimotor recoveryAdverse eventsSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeRehabilitative therapyPatientsLimb impairmentTherapyStroke