Background and purpose A significant number of stroke survivors will not recover the use of
their affected arm. A proportion will experience pain, stiffness and difficulty with basic care …

Background and Purpose—Our aim was to study the efficacy of robotic therapy as an
adjuvant to standard therapy during poststroke rehabilitation. Methods—Prospective, open …

Background. While recent clinical trials involving robot-assisted therapy have failed to show
clinically significant improvement versus conventional therapy, it is possible that a broader …

Brain injury often results a partial loss of the neural resources communicating to the
periphery that controls movements. Consequently the signals that were employed prior to …

Some authors have suggested that the majority of functional recovery after stroke is simply
related to spontaneous natural recovery from neurological impairment (Lind 1982, Dobkin …

Introduction Patients with acquired brain impairments require intensive, task-specific training
to maximise upper limb recovery. Current evidence suggests, however, that they rarely …

2. Ada L, Dean CM, Hall JM, et al. A treadmill and overground walking program improves
walking in persons residing in the community after stroke: a placebo-controlled, randomized …