Arm robots are not the answer for stroke rehabilitation, research suggests

Commercial arm robots are increasingly deployed in order to aid stroke patients in their recovery. Around 80% of patients have problems with their arm function. Robots are also seen as a solution to financial, and staffing, shortcomings in the health care sector. However, research led by Amsterdam UMC now shows that they offer no clinically meaningful effects for patients. The research is published in Neurology. “In particular countries such as China, Japan and South Korea, but also in North America and Europe, UL-Robots [are] seen more and more as the solution for lack of intensive upper limb training. But our Read More