Data on a new neurorehabilitation approach targeting functional recovery in stroke patients

Loris Pignolo, Sebastiano Serra, Giuseppina Basta, Simone Carozzo, Francesco Arcuri, Luigina Maria Pignataro, Irene Ciancarelli, Paolo Tonin, Antonio Cerasa, Loris Pignolo, Sebastiano Serra, Giuseppina Basta, Simone Carozzo, Francesco Arcuri, Luigina Maria Pignataro, Irene Ciancarelli, Paolo Tonin, Antonio Cerasa

Abstract

Robotic-assisted devices are known to positively affect the recovery of one specific motor effector after stroke. However, it has widely been reported that the functional status of patients is only partially ameliorated after application of this kind of advanced treatment. Here, data about the effect of a new rehabilitation approach has been described in a large population of stroke patients. We sought to validate an integrated rehabilitation system for stroke (IRSS) patients, which is composed of a set of robotic-assisted tools aimed at recovering the entire body. We evaluated the motor recovery in 84 stroke patients equally divided into experimental and control groups to assess the difference between IRSS approach and conventional rehabilitation treatment. We found that IRSS induced a significant improvement as measured by functional neurological scales, such as the barthel index and functional independence measure. The data provided in this article will assist therapists and physicians working for developing new rehabilitation protocols more focused on a holistic functional recovery approach. The data are available at Mendeley Data, https://doi.org/10.17632/wptmgm7zk2.1.

Keywords: Integrated system; Robotic neurorehabilitation; Stroke; Upper and lower limbs.

© 2019 The Author(s).

Figures

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Fig. 1
CONSORT Flow diagram showing the phases of a parallel randomised trial of two groups of patients with stroke underwent experimental or conventional motor rehabilitation treatments.
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Motor effects of the integrated rehabilitation system for stroke (IRSS). ANOVA analysis revealed a significant improvement in the experimental group with respect to the demographically-/clinically-matched control group during the re-test phase (T1) versus the baseline evaluation (T0 phase). We detected functional recovery in the: A) Functional Independence Measures (FIM) and B) Barthel Index (BI).
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The three robotic devices employed for the integrated rehabilitation system for stroke patients (IRSS) covering the recovery of the entire body: A) ARAMIS; B) Copernicus; C) Pegaso.

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