I read with interest the article by Straudi et al
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comparing the effects of unilateral, proximal arm robot-assisted therapy (RAT) combined
with hand functional electrical stimulation (FES) with those from intensive conventional
therapy (ICT) for restoring arm function in survivors of subacute stroke. I think
this article is valuable because robotics and FES are important rehabilitative modalities
that will be further developed in the future although they are already being used
widely in the rehabilitation field.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Published online: February 07, 2020
Footnotes
Supported by the Medical Research Center Program (grant no. 2015R1A5A2009124) through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.
Disclosures: none.
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- Response to Letter to the EditorArchives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationVol. 101Issue 5
- PreviewWe thank Dr Jang for his interest in our recent article titled “The Effects of a Robot-Assisted Arm Training Plus Hand Functional Electrical Stimulation on Recovery After Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial.”1 He suggests considering stroke site lesion, arm severity, and corticospinal tract (CST) integrity as potential sources of bias in our results, given that all these variables can affect spontaneous recovery in a subacute phase after stroke. His useful comments point toward some methodologic issues that are shared by most upper limb stroke rehabilitation research.
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