Open AccessEffect of home-based rehabilitation of purposeful activity-based electrical stimulation therapy for chronic stroke survivors: a crossover randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Seigo Minami,
Yoshihiro Fukumoto,
Ryuji Kobayashi,
Hideaki Aoki,
Tomoki Aoyama
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
restorative neurology and neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.768
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1878-3627
pISSN - 0922-6028
DOI - 10.3233/rnn-211157
Subject(s) - physical therapy , stroke (engine) , medicine , randomized controlled trial , analysis of variance , rehabilitation , repeated measures design , crossover study , upper limb , chronic stroke , physical medicine and rehabilitation , occupational therapy , functional electrical stimulation , activities of daily living , placebo , stimulation , mechanical engineering , statistics , alternative medicine , mathematics , pathology , engineering
In this trial we combined the effect of purposeful activity and electrical stimulation therapy (PA-EST) to promote transition of severely hemiparetic upper limb to auxiliary upper limb in chronic stroke survivors in a single-case study.