In the United States, the incidence rate of new or recurrent stroke is approximately 795 000
per year, and stroke prevalence for individuals over the age of 20 years is estimated at 6.5 …

The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive approach for assessing the upper
extremity (UE) after stroke. First, common UE impairments and how to assess them are …

Background Arm hemiparesis secondary to stroke is common and disabling. We aimed to
assess whether robotic training of an affected arm with ARMin—an exoskeleton robot that …

ContextSingle-site studies suggest that a 2-week program of constraint-induced movement
therapy (CIMT) for patients more than 1 year after stroke who maintain some hand and wrist …

Constraint-induced movement therapy (CI therapy) is a rehabilitation treatment approach
that improves moreaffected extremity use following a stroke, especially in the life situation …

Introduction. Despite interest in virtual environments (VEs) for poststroke arm motor
rehabilitation, advantages over physical environment (PE) training have not been …

Background and Purpose—Studies on adult stroke patients have demonstrated functional
changes in cortical excitability, metabolic rate, or blood flow after motor therapy, measures …

Background and Purpose—Constraint-induced movement therapy is a set of treatments for
rehabilitating motor function after central nervous system damage. We assessed the roles of …

Gebruers N, Vanroy C, Truijen S, Engelborghs S, De Deyn PP. Monitoring of physical activity
after stroke: a systematic review of accelerometry-based measures. OBJECTIVE: To assess …

(1) Background: Increasing the amount of therapy time has been shown to improve motor
function in stroke survivors. However, it is often not possible to increase the amount of …