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.