Robotics And Functional Neuromuscular Stimulation Improve Arm/hand Use Following Stroke
Main Category: StrokeAlso Included In: Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy
Article Date: 14 May 2006 - 2:00 PDT
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Stroke patients improved functional use of their impaired arms and hands by participating in robotics plus motor learning or neuromuscular stimulation plus motor learning. Investigators randomly assigned patients with chronic stroke to one of two treatment groups: robotics with motor learning (ROB-ML) or functional neuromuscular stimulation with motor learning (FNS-ML). All participants received treatment 5 hours a day, 5 days a week for 12 weeks. Results showed that ROB-ML participants had gains in functional tasks, accuracy, and smoothness of movement. FNS-ML participants had gains in upper-limb coordination and hand/wrist function.
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VA Research Communications Service
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