PURPOSE. After stroke many patients are unable to engage in normal upper limb functional activities, which may restrict them from participation in meaningful life roles. For many, conventional rehabilitation does not restore upper limb function to a useful level. The purpose of this research is to investigate the benefits of three promising motor learning interventions: focused intensive, motor learning (FIML); 2) robotics and motor learning (ROB-ML); and 3) functional neuromuscular stimulation and motor learning (FNS-ML).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
35
training of the hemiplegic upper limb with motor learning
subjects perform training of hemiplegic arm using an upper extremity robot
subjects are provided with surface FES to the hemiplegic upper limb
Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Fugl Meyer
impairment measure of coordination of the upper limb
Time frame: after 12 weeks of intervention
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