Objective: To investigate effect of initial severity of arm impairment on response to additional
physiotherapy for the arm after stroke. Design: In this controlled trial, patients were …

Background and Purpose—Many patients have impaired arm function after stroke, for which
they receive physiotherapy. The aim of the study was to determine whether increasing the …

Winstein CJ, Rose DK, Tan SM, Lewthwaite R, Chui HC, Azen SP. A randomized controlled
comparison of upper-extremity rehabilitation strategies in acute stroke: a pilot study of …

Objective: To determine the efficacy of activity-based therapies using arm ergometer or
robotic or group occupational therapy for motor recovery of the paretic arm in patients with …

Objective: To study the effects of augmented exercise therapy time for arm rehabilitation as
either Bobath therapy or the impairment-oriented training (Arm BASIS training) in stroke …

Background and Purpose—Of all stroke survivors, 30% to 66% are unable to use their
affected arm in performing activities of daily living. Although forced use therapy appears to …

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of a task-oriented intervention in enhancing arm function
in people with stroke. Design: Two-centre, observer-blinded, stratified, block-randomized …

Abstract Hesse S, Werner C, Pohl M, Mehrholz J, Puzich U, Krebs HI: Mechanical arm trainer
for the treatment of the severely affected arm after a stroke: a single-blinded randomized trial …

Previous research on stroke rehabilitation has not established whether increase in physical
therapy lead to better intrinsic recovery from hemiplegia. A detailed study was carried out of …

Ninety seven patients with stroke who had participated in a randomised trial of conventional
physical therapy nu an enhanced therapy for arm function were followed up at one year …