Interventions for improving upper limb function after stroke

A Pollock, SE Farmer, MC Brady… - Cochrane Database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Improving upper limb function is a core element of stroke rehabilitation needed
to maximise patient outcomes and reduce disability. Evidence about effects of individual …

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 …

Intensive upper limb neurorehabilitation in chronic stroke: outcomes from the Queen Square programme

NS Ward, F Brander, K Kelly - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & …, 2019 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective Persistent difficulty in using the upper limb remains a major contributor to physical
disability post-stroke. There is a nihilistic view about what clinically relevant changes are …

Fully wearable actuated soft exoskeleton for grasping assistance in everyday activities

T Bützer, O Lambercy, J Arata, R Gassert - Soft robotics, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Worldwide, over 50 million people suffer from persistent hand impairments after stroke or
spinal cord injury (SCI). This results in major loss of independence and quality of life …

Proportional recovery after stroke depends on corticomotor integrity

WD Byblow, CM Stinear, PA Barber… - Annals of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective For most patients, resolution of upper limb impairment during the first 6 months
poststroke is 70% of the maximum possible. We sought to identify candidate mechanisms of …

[HTML][HTML] Six-month functional recovery of stroke patients: a multi-time-point study

KB Lee, SH Lim, KH Kim, KJ Kim, YR Kim… - International journal …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
The aim of this study is to compare the time-course changes in neurologic impairments
(trunk control, motor function, sensory, and cognition) and recovery in functional impairments …

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 …

Assessment of upper extremity impairment, function, and activity after stroke: foundations for clinical decision making

CE Lang, MD Bland, RR Bailey, SY Schaefer… - Journal of Hand …, 2013 - Elsevier
The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive approach for assessing the upper
extremity (UE) after stroke. First, common UE impairments and how to assess them are …

Fugl-Meyer assessment of sensorimotor function after stroke: standardized training procedure for clinical practice and clinical trials

KJ Sullivan, JK Tilson, SY Cen, DK Rose, J Hershberg… - Stroke, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Outcome measurement fidelity within and between sites of multi-
site, randomized, clinical trials is an essential element to meaningful trial outcomes. As …

A standardized approach to performing the action research arm test

N Yozbatiran, L Der-Yeghiaian… - … and neural repair, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
The study of stroke and its treatment in human subjects requires accurate measurement of
behavioral status. Arm motor deficits are among the most common sequelae after stroke …