Stroke is a major cause of disability and death worldwide. It can also cause sensory, cognitive, and unilateral upper-limb motor impairments. Thus, there is strong need for rehabilitative approaches enhancing motor recovery for stroke patients. To maximize neural, motor and functional recovery, various physical rehabilitation approaches can be employed, including somatosensory training, bilateral arm training, mirror therapy, and robotic therapy. However, few existing system combines mirror visual feedback with robotic assistance simultaneously. This motivated our study to integrate both approaches, providing simultaneous visual and physical feedback to create stronger multisensory stimulation and promote neuroplasticity.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
21
In this condition, the participants focused on the mirror illusion of the non-dominant arm moving while the robotic arm guided the non-dominant hand to perform the mirrored movements.
This condition involves robotic-assisted bilateral movements without mirror visual feedback.
In this condition, participants moved the dominant hand to create a mirrored illusion of movement of the non-dominant while performing the motor task.
Required participants to imagine bilateral movements without physical execution.
Participants performed the task using the dominant hand only without mirror or robotic arm
Nation Cheng Kung University
Tainan, Taiwan
Oxygenated hemoglobin
The oxygenated hemoglobin was measured while the participants perform the task under five conditions.
Time frame: 1 hour
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