Efficacy of Feedback-Controlled Robotics-Assisted Treadmill Exercise to Improve Cardiovascular Fitness Early After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.

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Published in J Neurol Phys Ther on July 01, 2015

Authors

Oliver Stoller1, Eling D de Bruin, Matthias Schindelholz, Corina Schuster-Amft, Rob A de Bie, Kenneth J Hunt

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Engineering and Information Technology (O.S., M.S., C.S.A., K.J.H.), Institute for Rehabilitation and Performance Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf, Switzerland; Department of Epidemiology (O.S., E.D.B., R.A.B.), Maastricht University and Caphri Research School, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Research Department (O.S., M.S., C.S.A., K.J.H.), Reha Rheinfelden, Rheinfelden, Switzerland; Department of Health Sciences and Technology (E.D.B.), Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; and Centre for Evidence Based Physiotherapy (E.D.B., R.A.B.), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Associated clinical trials:

Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Early After Stroke Using Feedback-controlled Robotics-assisted Treadmill Exercise | NCT01679600

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