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Repetitive Task Training for Improving Functional Ability After Stroke
Author(s) -
Lois Thomas,
Beverley French,
Jacqueline Coupe,
Naoimh E. McMahon,
Louise Connell,
Joanna Harrison,
Chris Sutton,
Svetlana Tishkovskaya,
Caroline L Watkins
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.117.016503
Subject(s) - kingdom , medicine , humanities , art , paleontology , biology
Repetitive task training (RTT) involves the active practice of task-specific motor activities and is a component of current therapy approaches in stroke rehabilitation.1Primary objective is to determine whether RTT improves upper limb function/reach and lower limb function/balance in adults after stroke.Secondary objectives are (1) to determine the effect of RTT on secondary outcome measures, including activities of daily living, global motor function, quality of life/health status, and adverse events, (2) to determine the factors that could influence primary and secondary outcome measures, including the effect of dose of task practice, type of task (whole therapy, mixed, or single task), and timing of the intervention and type of intervention.We searched the Cochrane Stroke Group …

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