Comparison of robotics, functional electrical stimulation, and motor learning methods for treatment of persistent upper extremity dysfunction after stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

Journal: Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Published Date: Nov 15, 2014

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To compare response to upper-limb treatment using robotics plus motor learning (ML) versus functional electrical stimulation (FES) plus ML versus ML alone, according to a measure of complex functional everyday tasks for chronic, severely impaired stroke survivors.

Authors

  • Jessica McCabe
    Stroke Motor Control/Motor Learning Laboratory, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
  • Michelle Monkiewicz
    Stroke Motor Control/Motor Learning Laboratory, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
  • John Holcomb
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH.
  • Svetlana Pundik
    Stroke Motor Control/Motor Learning Laboratory, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
  • Janis J Daly
    Stroke Motor Control/Motor Learning Laboratory, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: janis.daly@neurology.ufl.edu.

Keywords

External Resources

Popular Topics
Recent Journals