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Departments Letter to the Editor| Volume 102, ISSUE 6, P1236, June 01, 2021

Bilateral Arm Training vs Unilateral Arm Training for Severely Affected Patients With Stroke: Comments on Exploratory Single-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

Published:March 09, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2021.01.091
Bilateral Arm Training vs Unilateral Arm Training for Severely Affected Patients With Stroke: Comments on Exploratory Single-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
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      Renner et al
      • Renner C
      • Brendel C
      • Hummelsheim H.
      Bilateral arm training vs unilateral arm training for severely affected patients with stroke: exploratory single-blinded randomized controlled trial.
      Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2020; 101: 1120-1130
      have published a clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of unilateral and bilateral arm training on arm impairment in severely affected individuals with stroke. We have carefully read the study and congratulate the authors for their job. They demonstrate significant improvements in the motor control of the severely paretic upper extremity after the bilateral training (BT) compared with the unilateral training (UT). We have many comments on the methods and findings in this study.
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      Publication History

      Published online: March 09, 2021
      Accepted: January 7, 2021
      Received: January 6, 2021

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2021.01.091

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      © 2021 The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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