Electromechanical and robot‐assisted arm training for improving activities of daily living, arm function, and arm muscle strength after stroke

J Mehrholz, M Pohl, T Platz, J Kugler… - Cochrane database of …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Electromechanical and robot‐assisted arm training devices are used in
rehabilitation, and may help to improve arm function after stroke. Objectives To assess the …

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving activities of daily living, and physical and cognitive functioning, in people after stroke

B Elsner, J Kugler, M Pohl… - Cochrane Database of …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Functional
impairment, resulting in poor performance in activities of daily living (ADL) among stroke …

Robot assisted training for the upper limb after stroke (RATULS): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

H Rodgers, H Bosomworth, HI Krebs, F van Wijck… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Loss of arm function is a common problem after stroke. Robot-assisted training
might improve arm function and activities of daily living. We compared the clinical …

Does task-specific training improve upper limb performance in daily life poststroke?

KJ Waddell, MJ Strube, RR Bailey… - … and neural repair, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. A common assumption is that changes in upper limb (UL) capacity, or what an
individual is capable of doing, translates to improved UL performance in daily life, or what an …

Is environmental enrichment ready for clinical application in human post-stroke rehabilitation?

MW McDonald, KS Hayward… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Environmental enrichment (EE) has been widely used as a means to enhance brain
plasticity mechanisms (eg, increased dendritic branching, synaptogenesis, etc.) and improve …

A self-administered Graded Repetitive Arm Supplementary Program (GRASP) improves arm function during inpatient stroke rehabilitation: a multi-site randomized …

JE Harris, JJ Eng, WC Miller, AS Dawson - Stroke, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—More than 70% of individuals who have a stroke experience
upper limb deficits that impact daily activities. Increased amount of upper limb therapy has …

The Sony PlayStation II EyeToy: low-cost virtual reality for use in rehabilitation

D Rand, R Kizony, PTL Weiss - Journal of neurologic physical …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
The objective of this study was to investigate the potential of using a low-cost video-capture
virtual reality (VR) platform, the Sony PlayStation II EyeToy, for the rehabilitation of older …

Predicting daily use of the affected upper extremity 1 year after stroke

D Rand, JJ Eng - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2015 - Elsevier
Background The ultimate goal of upper extremity (UE) stroke rehabilitation is for the
individual with stroke to return using their arms and hands during daily activities in their own …

Feasibility of high-repetition, task-specific training for individuals with upper-extremity paresis

KJ Waddell, RL Birkenmeier, JL Moore… - … American Journal of …, 2014 - research.aota.org
OBJECTIVE. We investigated the feasibility of delivering an individualized, progressive, high-
repetition upper-extremity (UE) task-specific training protocol for people with stroke in the …

HoMEcare aRm rehabiLItatioN (MERLIN): Telerehabilitation using an unactuated device based on serious games improves the upper limb function in chronic stroke

SG Rozevink, CK van der Sluis, A Garzo… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background HoMEcare aRm rehabiLItatioN (MERLIN) is an unactuated version of
the robotic device ArmAssist combined with a telecare platform. Stroke patients are able to …