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Robot-aided intensive training in post-stroke recovery

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The successful motor rehabilitation of stroke patients requires an intensive and task-specific therapy approach. The plasticity of the adult human brain provides opportunities to enhance traditional rehabilitation programs for these individuals. Intensive robot-aided sensorimotor training may have a positive effect on reducing impairment and disability and increasing reorganization of the adult brain. This approach may therefore efficaciously complement standard post-stroke multidisciplinary programs as shown by recent experimental trials.

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  1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

    Stefano Masiero MD, Andrea Celia, Claudio Ferraro & Marco Ortolani

  2. Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

    Mario Armani & Bruno Tavolato

  3. Innovation in Mechanics and Management, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

    Giulio Rosati

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Masiero, S., Celia, A., Armani, M. et al. Robot-aided intensive training in post-stroke recovery. Aging Clin Exp Res 18, 261–265 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03324658

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