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Published October 16, 2018 | Version v1
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Hybrid Robotic System for Arm Training after stroke: preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial

  • 1. Asklepios Neurologische Klinik Falkenstein, Königstein, Germany
  • 2. NEARLAB, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
  • 3. Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center, Valduce Hospital, Costamasnaga, Lecco, Italy.
  • 4. Ottobock Health Products GmbH, Wien, Austria

Description

This work presents the preliminary results of a

randomized controlled trial aimed at evaluating the efficacy of

a novel hybrid robotic system for arm rehabilitation after

stroke. The system was developed within the European project

RETRAINER and consists of a passive exoskeleton for weight

relief combined with an arm EMG-triggered neuroprosthesis.

Up to now, 39 patients completed the 9-week intervention:

patients in the experimental group achieved a significantly

better effect in the motoric outcome measures with respect to

control subjects receiving only conventional therapy. These

promising results need to be confirmed on a larger sample.

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Funding

RETRAINER – REaching and grasping Training based on Robotic hybrid AssIstance for Neurological patients: End users Real life evaluation 644721
European Commission