The Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Robot-Based Upper-Limb Motor Assessment in Chronic Stroke.

Journal: Neurorehabilitation and neural repair
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Chronic upper extremity motor deficits are present in up to 65% of stroke survivors, and cognitive impairment is prevalent in 46-61% of stroke survivors even 10 years after their stroke. Robot-assisted therapy programs tend to focus on motor recovery and do not include stroke patients with cognitive impairment.

Authors

  • Kevin D Bui
  • Breanna Lyn
    Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Matthew Roland
    Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Carol A Wamsley
  • Rochelle Mendonca
  • Michelle J Johnson
    Sofiya Lysenko is a research assistant working in Rehabilitation Robotics Lab, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.