Robot enhanced stroke therapy optimizes rehabilitation (RESTORE): a pilot study.

Journal: Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Published Date: Jan 21, 2021

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Robotic rehabilitation after stroke provides the potential to increase and carefully control dosage of therapy. Only a small number of studies, however, have examined robotic therapy in the first few weeks post-stroke. In this study we designed robotic upper extremity therapy tasks for the bilateral Kinarm Exoskeleton Lab and piloted them in individuals with subacute stroke. Pilot testing was focused mainly on the feasibility of implementing these new tasks, although we recorded a number of standardized outcome measures before and after training.

Authors

  • Alexa B Keeling
    Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
  • Mark Piitz
    Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
  • Jennifer A Semrau
    From the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (J.A.S., S.P.D.); Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia (T.M.H.); and Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Centre for Neuroscience Studies, School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (S.H.S.).
  • Michael D Hill
    Calgary Stroke Program, Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Radiology, Community Health Sciences, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
  • Stephen H Scott
    Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. steve.scott@queensu.ca.
  • Sean P Dukelow
    Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

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