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This paper describes the design of the Armed4Stroke program. Patients after stroke and their caregivers are included as a couple. The caregiver is trained as a co-therapist by a physiotherapist experienced in providing caregiver-mediated exercises (CME) to support and motivate the patient. The program consists of 8 weeks of gait and gait-related exercises, complementary to regular rehabilitation therapy. The couple will receive a tailor-made exercise program, which is adapted to the patients’ abilities and goals and is progressive in nature. The program is supported by videos with exercise instructions, which are accessible using a web-based tele-rehabilitation system. It is hypothesized that CME, supported with tele-rehabilitation is able to promote daily mobility and to reduce anxiety and depression in patients after stroke and their caregivers.
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This study was funded by the ZonMW/Wetenschappelijk College Fysiotherapie (WCF), grant nr 858001102. We would like to thank E. Kret for contributing to performing the study measurements.
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Nikamp, C.D.M. et al. (2022). Allied Rehabilitation Using Web-Based Caregiver MEDiated Exercises for STROKE: The ARMED4STROKE Trial Design. In: Torricelli, D., Akay, M., Pons, J.L. (eds) Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation IV. ICNR 2020. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 28. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70316-5_68
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