Introduction
Rehabilitation Robotics
Methods
Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
Outcome Measures
a) Circle the number that best describes your feelings about the type of therapy you got for your arm and hand | ||||||||||
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b) Circle the number that best describes how much you feel your arm and hand has gotten better | ||||||||||
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Robotic Systems
Experimental Procedures
A. Experimental (Robotic Therapy) Group
B. Conventional (Regular Therapy) Group
Statistical Analysis
Results
DEMOGRAPHICS - EXPERMENTAL (Robotic Therapy) | ||||||
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Subject | Gender | Age | Weeks Post-CVA | Impairment | Neglect | |
Male | Female | (at admission) | ||||
R1 | F | 65 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
R2 | M | 77 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
R3 | M | 74 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
R4 | M | 74 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
R5 | M | 78 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
R6 | F | 77 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
R7 | M | 75 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | |
R8 | F | 86 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
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DEMOGRAPHICS - CONTROL (Conventional Therapy) | ||||||
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Subject | Gender | Age | Weeks Post-CVA | Impairment | Neglect | |
Male | Female | (at admission) | ||||
C1 | F | 80 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
C2 | F | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
C3 | M | 66 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
C4 | M | 81 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
C5 | F | 62 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
C6 | F | 82 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
C7 | F | 41 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
C8 | F | 85 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
C9 | M | 75 | 8 | 1 | 3 | |
C10 | F | 83 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
C11 | F | 75 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
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Arm | Hand | Pain | ln(CAHAI-7) | Age | |
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Conventional therapy (n = 11)
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Admission | 2.36 | 2.82 | 5.27 | 2.27 | 70.40 |
Discharge | 2.91 | 3.27 | 5.55 | 2.60 | |
Mean change | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.27 | 0.291 | |
St. error change | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.10 | 3.76 |
P-Value | 0.0690 | 0.0690 | 0.3000 | 0.0100 | |
Robot-assisted therapy (n = 8)
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Admission | 2.00 | 2.63 | 5.25 | 2.53 | 75.80 |
Discharge | 3.50 | 3.88 | 5.75 | 2.96 | |
Mean change | 1.50 | 1.25 | 0.50 | 0.481 | |
St. error change | 0.33 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.12 | 4.41 |
P-value | 0.0003 | 0.0003 | 0.1130 | 0.0010 | |
Difference in treatments | 0.95 | 0.80 | 0.23 | 0.201 | 5.39 |
Standard error Difference | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.39 | 0.15 | 5.79 |
P-value | 0.0410 | 0.0410 | 0.5710 | 0.2240 | 0.3650 |
Discussion
Improved | Enjoyed | Hours | |
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Conventional Therapy (n = 11)
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Mean | 5.79 | 7.31 | 4.09 |
St. error | 0.71 | 0.65 | 1.22 |
Robotic Therapy (n = 8)
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Mean | 7.35 | 8.11 | 6.82 |
St. error | 0.84 | 0.71 | 1.44 |
Difference in treatments
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Mean | 1.56 | 0.80 | 2.73 |
St. error | 1.11 | 0.97 | 1.91 |
P-Value | 0.18 | 0.421 | 0.171 |