What is it about?
Although the stroke affects the cognitive levels of patients, often they are not used as criteria for the evaluation of this type of subjects. This systematic review analyzes the use of cognitive patterns as criteria of inclusion or exclusion or evaluation in robotic rehabilitation of upper limb in patients with stroke.
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Why is it important?
Our findings point out that, although cognitive criteria are considered to be the basis for the assessment of stroke patients, they are not considered when research is carried out. Moreover, when present, they are used very different scales and with different cut-offs that do not allow to generalize the results obtained or to limit the use of some devices to a target of stroke patients.
Perspectives
This systematic review highlights the need to create international guidelines with scales and the various cut offs in order to generalize the results obtained from the various studies and be able to subsequently, include upper limb robotics in the services offered by the various national health systems
Benedetta Campagnola
Universita Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
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This page is a summary of: Effects of robotic upper limb treatment after stroke on cognitive patterns: A systematic review, Neurorehabilitation, December 2022, IOS Press,
DOI: 10.3233/nre-220149.
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