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. 2021 Oct 25;2021(10):CD012612. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012612.pub2

Wu 2013.

Methods RCT
Participants 32 participants planned, in 3 study groups
Interventions Intervention is robot‐assisted training
High‐intensity RT group: each robot‐assisted training session will include 400–600 repetitions of mode 1 and 800–1000 repetitions of mode 2, totalling 1200–1600 repetitions for the forearm and the wrist movements. In addition, the participants will practice 100–200 repetitions in mode 3. In addition, this group received functional training
Low‐intensity RT group: same intervention as the high‐intensity robot therapy group, but half the number of repetitions
Conventional therapy group: functional training (no robot therapy)
Outcomes Fugl‐Meyer Assessment
Motor Status Scale
Modified Ashworth Scale
MyotonPRO
Muscle metabolism
Box and Block Test
Revised Nottingham Sensory Assessment
Functional Independence Measure
Motor Activity Log*
ABILHAND Questionnaire*
Adelaide Activities Profile*
EQ‐5D‐5L
Accelerometers*
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Kinematic analysis
Inflammatory markers
Oxidative stress markers
Erythrocyte deformability
Blood glucose indicators
All measures were taken at baseline and completion of intervention. Those marked with a * were also taken at 6‐month follow‐up
Notes The above is taken from ClinicalTrials.gov, which reports that the study was completed in May 2015. However, there are no results or full publications available. Contacted authors and we are awaiting their response

NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; NMES: neuromuscular electrical stimulation; RCT: randomised controlled trial; RT: robot therapy.