Hsieh 2011.
Methods | Pilot RCT |
Participants | 18 participants in 3 study groups All participants were > 6 months poststroke Recruited from 3 medical centres in Taiwan |
Interventions | High‐intensity RT: using the robot‐assisted arm trainer, Bi‐Manu‐Track, participants practiced 600–800 repetitions of mode 1 for 15 minutes, 600–800 repetitions of mode 2 for 15–20 minutes, and 150–200 repetitions of mode 3 for 5 minutes for forearm and wrist movements Low‐intensity RT: intervention for this group was the same as for the high‐intensity group, but half the number of repetitions were practiced Control: structured protocol of conventional occupational therapy All participants received training sessions (90–105 minutes per day, 5 days per week for 4 weeks) |
Outcomes | Fugl Meyer Assessment Upper Extremity Subscale Medical Research Council Scale Motor Activity Log ABILHAND scale Urinary 8‐hydroxydeoxyguanosine General subscale of the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory Assessments were administered before and after treatment |
Notes | Unable to include as it appears that the recruitment dates of this study may cross with the study described in Hsieh 2012. We are waiting for confirmation from the authors regarding whether there was any participant overlap between these 2 studies |