BACKGROUND: Impairments in upper limb motor function and cognitive ability are major health problems experienced by stroke patients, necessitating the development of novel and effective treatment options in stroke care. The aim of this study is to ex...
Effects of the combined task-oriented trainings with botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) injection on improving motor functions and reducing spasticity remains unclear. This study aims to investigate effects of 3 task-oriented trainings (robot-assisted therap...
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Jun 8, 2022
I was encouraged by the recent article by Kuo et al. entitled "Prediction of robotic neurorehabilitation functional ambulatory outcome in patients with neurological disorders" to write an opinion piece on the possible further development of stationar...
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Jun 3, 2022
BACKGROUND: Stroke related motor function deficits affect patients' likelihood of returning to professional activities, limit their participation in society and functionality in daily living. Hence, robot-aided gait rehabilitation needs to be fruitfu...
Neurorehabilitation and neural repair
May 16, 2022
BACKGROUND: Cognitive and motor function must work together quickly and seamlessly to allow us to interact with a complex world, but their integration is difficult to assess directly. Interactive technology provides opportunities to assess motor acti...
International journal of environmental research and public health
May 10, 2022
This study investigated the effects of robot-assisted gait training with body weight support on gait and balance in stroke patients. The study participants comprised 24 patients diagnosed with stroke. Patients were randomly assigned to four groups of...
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
Apr 29, 2022
BACKGROUND: The number of studies on the characteristics of patients with stroke who would benefit from robot-assisted upper limb rehabilitation is limited, and there are no clear criteria for determining which individuals should receive such treatme...
Upper-limb rehabilitation therapy sessions for post-stroke people generally contain rhythmic hand movements in a tiresome manner to rebuild the injured neural circuits. Fatigue formation causes breaks in the training and limits the therapy duration. ...
Computational and mathematical methods in medicine
Apr 27, 2022
It is important to study the evaluation algorithm for the stroke rehabilitation treatment effect to make accurate evaluation and optimize the stroke disease treatment plan according to the evaluation results. To address the problems of poor restorati...
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
Apr 21, 2022
PURPOSE: Many recent clinical studies have suggested that the combination of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) can induce neurological recovery and improvement in motor function. In this review, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to ev...