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Using technology to optimize recovery in upper limb stroke rehabilitation

Using technology to optimize recovery in upper limb stroke rehabilitation
Using technology to optimize recovery in upper limb stroke rehabilitation
A skilled therapist working one-to-one with a patient for one or two hours a day may be an ideal environment to optimize recovery of upper limb function following stroke and is likely to be superior to technologies that ‘replace the therapist’. Repeated studies have found that there is no single therapeutic approach that is more effective than any other, but intensity is critical. The recent Randomized Controlled Trial of the MIT Manus, published by Lo et al, found that robot therapy was not superior to intensive conventional therapy. Given that one-to-one intensive therapy is unaffordable can technology be used to improve outcome and if so how? The key factors appear to be: increasing intensity of practice; motivating patients to maximize engagement, effort and compliance; performance of functional and relevant tasks; increasing Central Nervous System (CNS) excitability and early intervention. The evidence that technologies can be used to deliver on these key factors will be discussed and in particular the evidence and potential for combined therapies such as electrical stimulation (both peripheral and transcranial direct current stimulation [tDCS]) with robot therapy will be presented.
Burridge, J H
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Hughes, Ann-Marie
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Rogers, Eric
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Tedesco-Triccas, L
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Burridge, J H
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Freeman, Christopher
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Rogers, Eric
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Tedesco-Triccas, L
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Burridge, J H, Hughes, Ann-Marie, Freeman, Christopher, Rogers, Eric and Tedesco-Triccas, L (2011) Using technology to optimize recovery in upper limb stroke rehabilitation. Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology - FICCDAT 2011, Toronto, Canada. 05 - 08 Jun 2011.

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Abstract

A skilled therapist working one-to-one with a patient for one or two hours a day may be an ideal environment to optimize recovery of upper limb function following stroke and is likely to be superior to technologies that ‘replace the therapist’. Repeated studies have found that there is no single therapeutic approach that is more effective than any other, but intensity is critical. The recent Randomized Controlled Trial of the MIT Manus, published by Lo et al, found that robot therapy was not superior to intensive conventional therapy. Given that one-to-one intensive therapy is unaffordable can technology be used to improve outcome and if so how? The key factors appear to be: increasing intensity of practice; motivating patients to maximize engagement, effort and compliance; performance of functional and relevant tasks; increasing Central Nervous System (CNS) excitability and early intervention. The evidence that technologies can be used to deliver on these key factors will be discussed and in particular the evidence and potential for combined therapies such as electrical stimulation (both peripheral and transcranial direct current stimulation [tDCS]) with robot therapy will be presented.

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Published date: 5 June 2011
Additional Information: Event Dates: June 5-8
Venue - Dates: Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology - FICCDAT 2011, Toronto, Canada, 2011-06-05 - 2011-06-08
Organisations: EEE, Southampton Wireless Group

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Local EPrints ID: 272228
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/272228
PURE UUID: 657e4f9a-d086-427e-a8c3-338d0d16eb04
ORCID for Ann-Marie Hughes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3958-8206
ORCID for Eric Rogers: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0179-9398

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Date deposited: 26 Apr 2011 23:24
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:25

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Author: J H Burridge
Author: Christopher Freeman
Author: Eric Rogers ORCID iD
Author: L Tedesco-Triccas

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