Principles of neurorehabilitation after stroke based on motor learning and brain plasticity mechanisms

M Maier, BR Ballester, PFMJ Verschure - Frontiers in systems …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
What are the principles underlying effective neurorehabilitation? The aim of
neurorehabilitation is to exploit interventions based on human and animal studies about …

Rehabilitation robots for the treatment of sensorimotor deficits: a neurophysiological perspective

R Gassert, V Dietz - Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2018 - Springer
The past decades have seen rapid and vast developments of robots for the rehabilitation of
sensorimotor deficits after damage to the central nervous system (CNS). Many of these …

Vagus nerve stimulation paired with rehabilitation for upper limb motor function after ischaemic stroke (VNS-REHAB): a randomised, blinded, pivotal, device trial

J Dawson, CY Liu, GE Francisco, SC Cramer, SL Wolf… - The lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Long-term loss of arm function after ischaemic stroke is common and might be
improved by vagus nerve stimulation paired with rehabilitation. We aimed to determine …

Agreed definitions and a shared vision for new standards in stroke recovery research: the stroke recovery and rehabilitation roundtable taskforce

J Bernhardt, KS Hayward, G Kwakkel… - … Journal of Stroke, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The first Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable established a game changing set
of new standards for stroke recovery research. Common language and definitions were …

Standardized measurement of sensorimotor recovery in stroke trials: consensus-based core recommendations from the stroke recovery and rehabilitation roundtable

G Kwakkel, NA Lannin, K Borschmann… - … Journal of Stroke, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Finding, testing and demonstrating efficacy of new treatments for stroke recovery is a
multifaceted challenge. We believe that to advance the field, neurorehabilitation trials need …

Immediate and long-term effects of BCI-based rehabilitation of the upper extremity after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Z Bai, KNK Fong, JJ Zhang, J Chan, KH Ting - Journal of neuroengineering …, 2020 - Springer
Background A substantial number of clinical studies have demonstrated the functional
recovery induced by the use of brain-computer interface (BCI) technology in patients after …

Effect of specific over nonspecific VR-based rehabilitation on poststroke motor recovery: a systematic meta-analysis

M Maier, B Rubio Ballester, A Duff… - … and neural repair, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Despite the rise of virtual reality (VR)-based interventions in stroke
rehabilitation over the past decade, no consensus has been reached on its efficacy. This …

Brain computer interface treatment for motor rehabilitation of upper extremity of stroke patients—a feasibility study

M Sebastián-Romagosa, W Cho, R Ortner… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Numerous recent publications have explored Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI)
systems as rehabilitation tools to help subacute and chronic stroke patients recover upper …

Effectiveness of virtual reality-and gaming-based interventions for upper extremity rehabilitation poststroke: a meta-analysis

R Karamians, R Proffitt, D Kline, LV Gauthier - Archives of physical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the efficacy of virtual reality (VR)-and gaming-based interventions
for improving upper extremity function poststroke, and to examine demographic and …

Safety, feasibility, and efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation paired with upper-limb rehabilitation after ischemic stroke

J Dawson, D Pierce, A Dixit, TJ Kimberley… - Stroke, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Recent animal studies demonstrate that vagus nerve stimulation
(VNS) paired with movement induces movement-specific plasticity in motor cortex and …