RATULS

Trial name or title	Robot Assisted Training for the Upper Limb after Stroke (RATULS)
Methods	Multicentre RCT
Participants	Country: UK Inclusion criteria: adults with acute or chronic stroke causing moderate to severe upper limb functional limitation
Interventions	3 groups: robot‐assisted training using the InMotion robotic gym system enhanced upper limb therapy usual care
Outcomes	Primary outcome: upper limb function measured by ARAT at 3 months' postrandomisation Secondary outcomes: upper limb impairment, activities of daily living, quality of life, resource use, and adverse events measured at 3 and 6 months' postrandomisation
Starting date	April 2014
Contact information	https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ratuls/contact%20us/
Notes	Sample size: 720 participants Study duration: 57 months

ADL: activities of daily living ARAT: Action Research Arm Test BBT: Box and Block Test BOLD: blood oxygenation level dependent BI: Barthel Index CT: computerised tomography EEG: electroencephalogram EMG: electromyography FIM: Functional Independence Measure FMA: Fugl‐Meyer Assessment fMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging MAL: Motor Activity Log MAS: Modified Ashworth Scale MRC: Medical Research Council MRI: magnetic resonance imaging NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale RCT: randomised controlled trial SIS: Stroke Impact Scale UE: upper extremity WMFT: Wolf Motor Function Test