Comparative Assessment of Two Robot-Assisted Therapies for the Upper Extremity in People With Chronic Stroke

Affiliations

• ¹ Chung-shan Hung, PhD, is Occupational Therapist, Community Health Center, Department of Community and Aging, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan. At the time of the study, she was Doctoral Candidate, School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
• ² Yu-wei Hsieh, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy and Graduate Institute of Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, and Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
• ³ Ching-yi Wu, ScD, OTR, is Professor and Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy and Graduate Institute of Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, and Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
• ⁴ Keh-chung Lin, ScD, OTR, is Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, and Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; kehchunglin@ntu.edu.tw.
• ⁵ Jui-chi Lin, MS, is Director, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
• ⁶ Li-min Yeh, BS, is Director, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taoyuan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
• ⁷ Hsin-pei Yin, MD, is Attending Physician and Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Lo-Sheng Sanatorium and Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan County, Taiwan.