When and who will push this to a stroke protocol? I could use this right now.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Strokes/37411?utm_source=cardiodaily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=aha&utm_campaign=02-18-13&eun=gd3r&userid=424561&email=oc1dean@yahoo.com&mu_id=5523591
Robotic Therapy & Biofeedback Help Stroke Recovery
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robotic device that opens and closes the impaired hands of stroke
victims, coupled with biofeedback, improved function and reduced
impairment, a small study found.
A year after their stroke, 43
patients underwent 30-minute sessions of assisted movement with enhanced
sensation (AMES) for 10 weeks. One group received visual feedback of
electromyographic (EMG) activity, the other group saw only the amount of
force generated by the rehabbing hand. All patients assisted the hand
movement using biofeedback.
Steven L. Wolf, MD, of Emory
University School of Medicine in Atlanta, and colleagues found
significant improvement in both groups for the primary outcome of manual
dexterity as measured by the Box and Block test (P<0.005), they reported at the recent International Stroke Conference in Honolulu.
The researchers also saw significant improvement in secondary outcomes among both groups in the Fugl-Meyer motor score (P<0.001) and the Stroke Impact Scale (P<0.05).
Four
of 24 patients who had no baseline active extension of any finger of
the affected hand recovered the ability to move one or more blocks.
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