Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 142-149 , February 2007

Robotic-Assisted Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb After Acute Stroke

Presented in part to the Italian Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Society, 2004, Chieti, Italy; the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2005, Philadelphia, PA; and International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2005, Chicago, IL.

  • Stefano Masiero, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Padova, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Stefano Masiero, MD, Dept of Rehabilitation (Servizio di Riabilitazione), University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy
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  • Andrea Celia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Padova, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
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  • Giulio Rosati, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Innovation in Mechanics and Management, University of Padova, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
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  • Mario Armani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.

  • Image Result

    The patient’s right forearm is fastened into the splint to receive sensorimotor stimulation with NeReBot (A) at the bedside and (B) in the sitting position.

    The patient’s right forearm is fastened into the splint to receive sensorimotor stimulation with NeReBot (A) at the bedside and (B) in the sitting position.

  • Image Result

    Diagram of the NeReBot. The angular position of each arm can be manually adjusted within a range of ±90° and the distance between each wire entry point and the main column axis can be independently se

    Diagram of the NeReBot. The angular position of each arm can be manually adjusted within a range of ±90° and the distance between each wire entry point and the main column axis can be independently set within a range of 200 to 700mm.

  • Image Result
    Average change ± standard deviation for (A) the FMA (shoulder/elbow and coordination subsections [SEC]), (B) MRC deltoid, and (C) FIM for the robot experimental (EG) and control (CG) groups at the fol

    Average change ± standard deviation for (A) the FMA (shoulder/elbow and coordination subsections [SEC]), (B) MRC deltoid, and (C) FIM for the robot experimental (EG) and control (CG) groups at the follow-up trial.

 Supported by the Italian University Ministry (grant no. grant RBAU019C3C_001).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)01482-1

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.10.032

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 142-149 , February 2007

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