Published October 16, 2018
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Hybrid Robotic System for Arm Training after stroke: preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial
Authors/Creators
- 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.