The effect of arm support combined with rehabilitation games on upper-extremity function in subacute stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Use of rehabilitation technology, such as (electro)mechanical devices or robotics, could partly relieve the increasing strain on stroke rehabilitation caused by an increasing prevalence of stroke. Arm support (AS) training showed improvement of unsupported arm function in chronic stroke.

Objective: To examine the effect of weight-supported arm training combined with computerized exercises on arm function and capacity, compared with dose-matched conventional reach training in subacute stroke patients.

The effects of high custom made shoes on gait characteristics and patient satisfaction in hemiplegic gait.

Objective: To determine the effects of a temporary high custom made orthopaedic shoe on functional mobility, walking speed, and gait characteristics in hemiplegic stroke patients. In addition, interference of attentional demands and patient satisfaction were studied.

Design: Clinical experimental study.

Motor recovery and cortical reorganization after mirror therapy in chronic stroke patients: a phase II randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate for any clinical effects of home-based mirror therapy and subsequent cortical reorganization in patients with chronic stroke with moderate upper extremity paresis.

Methods: A total of 40 chronic stroke patients (mean time post .onset, 3.

Reproducibility of the measurement of active and passive cervical range of motion.

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to assess the reproducibility of tests for the active and passive range of motion used in the physical examination for patients with neck pain. The secondary aim was to determine whether the history of the patients influences the reproducibility and the prevalence of positive findings.

Methods: Sixty-nine participants were recruited in 3 physical therapy practices.