Robot-aided intensive training in post-stroke recovery

Aging Clin Exp Res. 2006 Jun;18(3):261-5. doi: 10.1007/BF03324658.

Abstract

The successful motor rehabilitation of stroke patients requires an intensive and task-specific therapy approach. The plasticity of the adult human brain provides opportunities to enhance traditional rehabilitation programs for these individuals. Intensive robot-aided sensorimotor training may have a positive effect on reducing impairment and disability and increasing reorganization of the adult brain. This approach may therefore efficaciously complement standard post-stroke multidisciplinary programs as shown by recent experimental trials.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Rehabilitation / instrumentation
  • Robotics*
  • Stroke Rehabilitation*