NCT03847103

Robotic-assisted Therapy With Bilateral Practice Improves Task and Motor Performance of the Upper Extremity for Chronic Stroke Patients

Effects of Robotic-aided Therapy Combined With Bilateral Arm Training on Motor Performance and Electrophysiological Parameters of Upper Extremity for the Stroke Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 43 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Cheng-Kung University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Task-specific repetitive training, an usual care in occupational therapy practice, and robotic-aided rehabilitation with bilateral practice to improve limb's movement control has been popularised; however the difference in treatment effects between this two therapeutic strategies has been rarely described. The aim of the study was to compare the efficacy of robotic-assisted therapy with bilateral practice (RTBP) and usual care on task and motor performance for chronic stroke patients.

Conditions

• Stroke Rehabilitation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Robotic-assisted Therapy with Bilateral Practice	40-minute robotic-assisted therapy with bilateral practice program for wrist and forearm repetitive movement training was performed during each session.
OTHER	Unilateral Task-specific Training	40 -minute unilateral task-specific training using various tasks: picks up beans with spoon, pouring water from one glass to another glass, opening and closing a drawer, drinking from a mug, and wiping the table were chosen for facilitating multitude of upper extremity functions. Three tasks per session were chosen for various specific components of hand-arm function training.
OTHER	Sensorimotor Stimulation Program	10-minute sensorimotor stimulation program with repetitive range of motion exercises of upper extremity, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and Rood approach

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-15
• Primary completion: 2017-03-02
• Completion: 2017-03-02
• First posted: 2019-02-20
• Last updated: 2019-03-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan