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. 2018 Jul 11;2018(7):CD008449. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008449.pub3

NCT01724164.

Trial name or title Robot‐ versus mirror‐assisted motor interventions in rehabilitating upper‐limb motor and muscle performance and daily functions post‐stroke: a comparative effectiveness study
Methods RCT
Participants Country: Taiwan
Inclusion criteria: willing to provide written informed consent, > 6 months onset of unilateral stroke, an initial 25 ‐ 56 or 18 ‐ 50 scores of the FM‐UE, sufficient cognitive ability (MMSE ≧ 24 points), without upper limb fracture within 3 months, 40 years to 75 years of age
Exclusion criteria: recurrence of stroke or seizure episode during the intervention, occurrence of serious or continuous pain on affected upper extremity, history of other neurological disease or severe orthopaedic condition
Interventions 5 arms
  1. Experimental: RR with FES: participants receive FES concurrently with RR

  2. Experimental: MT: bilateral

  3. Experimental: RR

  4. Conventional Rehabilitation (CR): mainly focuses on occupational therapy training; neuro‐developmental techniques and task‐oriented approach

  5. RR with placebo Intervention (RR‐PI)


1 to 5: 4 weeks, 5 days a week, 1 hour MT, RR, RR with FES, CR, or RR‐PI and ½ hour functional training a day
Outcomes Outcomes:
  • FM‐UE

Starting date August 2011
Contact information Principal Investigator: Keh‐chung Lin, ScD, School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Notes Estimated sample size: 100 participants (in 3 experimental groups and 2 control groups)
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