Technology-supported training is emerging as a solution to support therapists in their efforts
providing high-intensity, repetitive, and task-specific treatment, in order to enhance the …

Stroke instigates a dynamic process of repair and remodelling of remaining neural circuits,
and this process is shaped by behavioural experiences. The onset of motor disability …

Stroke-induced hemiparetic gait is characteristically slow and metabolically expensive.
Passive assistive devices such as ankle-foot orthoses are often prescribed to increase …

Background Virtual reality and interactive video gaming have emerged as recent treatment
approaches in stroke rehabilitation with commercial gaming consoles in particular, being …

End-effector (EE) and exoskeleton (Exo) robots have not been directly compared previously.
The present study aimed to directly compare EE and Exo robots in chronic stroke patients …

There is a lack of consistency among researchers and clinicians in the use of terminology
that describes changes in motor ability following neurological injury. Specifically, the terms …

Stroke is the fourth leading cause of mortality and is estimated to be one of the major
reasons for long-lasting disability worldwide. There are limited studies that describe the …

Following a stroke, the resulting lesion creates contralateral motor impairment and an
interhemispheric imbalance involving hyperexcitability of the contralesional hemisphere …

Lord SE, McPherson K, McNaughton HK, Rochester L, Weatherall M. Community
ambulation after stroke: how important and obtainable is it and what measures appear …

Background Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can modulate cortical
excitability, and may be beneficial for motor recovery after stroke. However, the …