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Copyright © 2019 Duret, Grosmaire and Krebs. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Robot-mediated therapy is an innovative form of rehabilitation that enables highly repetitive, intensive, adaptive, and quantifiable physical training. It has been increasingly used to restore loss of motor function, mainly in stroke survivors suffering from an upper limb paresis. Multiple studies collated in a growing number of review articles showed the positive effects on motor impairment, less clearly on functional limitations. After describing the current status of robotic therapy after upper limb paresis due to stroke, this overview addresses basic principles related to robotic therapy applied to upper limb paresis. We demonstrate how this innovation is an evidence-based approach in that it meets both the improved clinical and more fundamental knowledge-base about regaining effective motor function after stroke and the need of more objective, flexible and controlled therapeutic paradigms.
Author(s): Duret C, Grosmaire A-G, Krebs HI
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Frontiers in Neurology
Year: 2019
Volume: 10
Online publication date: 24/04/2019
Acceptance date: 04/04/2019
ISSN (electronic): 1664-2295
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
URL: https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2019.00412
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00412
