MIME Robotic Device For Upper-limb Neurorehabilitation In Subacute Stroke Subjects: A Follow-up Study

November 21, 2006 – 10:11 pm | posted in Medical Devices, Neurology / Neuroscience, Stroke / Neuroprotection

We reviewed our work with the Mirror Image Movement Enabler (MIME) robotic device to identify the essential therapeutic features. We compared robot-assisted therapy with conventional therapy and present trial results for shoulder and elbow neurorehabilitation in subacute stroke patients.

We randomly assigned poststroke subjects to robot-unilateral,-bilateral, or -combined unilateral and bilateral training or to conventional therapy for the same duration and dosage of treatment.

Compared with conventional therapy, robot-combined unilateral and bilateral training had advantages that produced larger improvements on a motor impairment scale and a measure of abnormal synergies.

Gains in all treatment groups were equivalent at the 6-month follow-up; however, robot group gains exceeded those expected from spontaneous recovery. Until a major breakthrough occurs in the treatment of stroke, robot-assisted therapy appears to have an appropriate role in rehabilitation.

MIME robotic device for upper-limb neurorehabilitation in subacute stroke subjects: A follow-up study, pg. 631 (PDF)

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