Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Robot-assisted reaching exercise promotes arm movement recovery in chronic hemiparetic stroke: a randomized controlled pilot study | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation BioMed Central Open Access Robot-assisted reaching exercise promotes arm movement recovery in chronic hemiparetic stroke a randomized controlled pilot study Leonard E Kahn 1 2 Michele L Zygman1 W Zev Rymer1 2 3 and David J Reinkensmeyer1 4 Address 1Sensory Motor Performance Program Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Chicago Illinois USA 2Department of Biomedical Engineering Northwestern University Evanston Illinois USA 3Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago Illinois USA and 4Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Center for Biomedical Engineering University of California Irvine California USA Email Leonard E Kahn - l-kahn@ Michele L Zygman - m_zygman@ W Zev Rymer - w-rymer@ David J Reinkensmeyer-dreinken@ Corresponding author Published 21 June 2006 Received 21 September 2005 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2006 3 12 doi l743-0003-3-l2 Accepted 21 June 2006 This article is available from http content 3 l l2 2006 Kahn et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background and purpose Providing active assistance to complete desired arm movements is a common technique in upper extremity rehabilitation after stroke. Such active assistance may improve recovery by affecting somatosensory input motor planning spasticity or soft tissue properties but it is labor intensive and has not been validated in controlled trials. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of robotically administered active-assistive exercise and compare those with free reaching voluntary exercise in .
