學院	醫學院
系所	職能治療學系
題名	Pilot comparative study of unilateral and bilateral robot-assisted training on upper extremity performance in patients with stroke
作者	Yang, C-L., Lin, K-C., Chen, H-C., Wu, C-Y.*, & Chen, C-L.
期刊名稱	American Journal of Occupational Therapy (SCI 期刊)
發表日期	2012
著作性質	原著
語文	英文
關鍵字	assistive technology, randomized controlled trial, rehabilitation, robotics, stroke, upper extremity
摘要	This research compared a unilateral robot-assisted training protocol (URTP) and a bilateral robot-assisted training protocol (BRTP) to study their differential effects. The study recruited 21 stroke patients who received 90 to 105 minutes of therapy 5 days/week for 4 weeks. Participants in the URTP and BRTP groups practiced forearm pronation and supination and wrist flexion and extension in a simultaneous manner with the Bi-Manu-Track. The control group received standard rehabilitation. Clinical measures included the Fugl-Meyer Assessment, the Medical Research Council, grip strength, and the Modified Ashworth Scale to assess motor impairment, muscle power, muscle strength, and spasticity, respectively. The pilot study indicated that the URTP and BRTP might have differential benefits for movement improvement. URTP might be a more compelling approach to improving upper limb motor impairment, muscle power, and strength at the distal joints than BRTP, whereas BRTP could be an optimal approach to improving proximal muscle power.