Unilateral vs Bilateral Hybrid Approaches for Upper Limb Rehabilitation in Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal: Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of unilateral hybrid therapy (UHT) and bilateral hybrid therapy (BHT) compared with robot-assisted therapy (RT) alone in patients with chronic stroke.

Authors

  • Chung-Shan Hung
    School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China(∗).
  • Keh-chung Lin
    School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Wan-Ying Chang
    Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
  • Wen-Chih Huang
    Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Miaoli General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Miaoli, Taiwan.
  • Ya-Ju Chang
    Physical Therapy Department and Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
  • Chia-Ling Chen
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China(#); Graduate Institute of Early Intervention, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China(#).
  • Kaiping Grace Yao
    Department of Psychology, College of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Ya-yun Lee
    Department of Occupational Therapy and Graduate Institute of Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 259 Wenhua 1st Rd, Taoyuan, Taiwan.