Robot-Assisted Physical Therapy Effective for Treatment of Severe Paresis
From: PT Products - 01/31/2014

A research team at the Switzerland-based university ETH Zurich, and led by
Robert Riener, has published study results that demonstrate robot-assisted
therapy can help stroke patients, particularly those with severe forms of
hemiparesis. For the study, the research team compared the progress of
patients with arm paresis in two different forms of therapy: conventional
therapy, which included classical training with a physical or occupational
therapist, and therapy in which a robot aided arm movements during training.
The study showed that the robot-assisted therapy leads on average to slightly
better results than the conventional therapy, according to the ETH Zurich
report.

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Links:
Three-dimensional, task-specific robot therapy of the arm after stroke: a
  multicentre, parallel-group randomised trial 
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422%2813%2970305-3/abstract

Sensory-Motor Systems Lab
http://www.sms.hest.ethz.ch/

Robert Riener
http://www.sms.hest.ethz.ch/people/directory/rienerr