To test the capacity of healthy and chronic stroke patients to learn and retain a complex bimanual motor skill, trained on the neurorehabilitation robot REAplan (R) (bimanual version).
having a chronic stroke (>6 months)
aged 18-90 years
with demonstrate a stroke lesion on brain imaging.
difficulty in understanding or executing commands
drug/alcohol abuse
severe aphasia / cognitive deficits interfering with study
inability to voluntarily move the affected arm (i.e. complete paralysis of the arm)
Parallel
Bimanual motor skill learning with the REAplan(R) rehabilitation robot
DeviceREAplan(R) rehabilitation robot : training to perform complex, coordinated, bimanual movements
bi-SAT, bimanual Speed/Accurady Trade-off measured by the REAplan robot
bimanual Speed/Accurady Trade-off: mathematical computation of the relationship bewteen speed and accuracy
bi-CO, bimanual Coordination factor measured by the REAplan robot
bimanual Coordination factor, mathematical measure of the phase coherence between speeds of both arms
bi-Force, bimanual Coordination factor measured by the REAplan robot
bimanual forces, forces exerted in the wrong direction by each arm (Newtons)
bi-SAT on bimanual REACHING (REAplan robot)
bimanual Speed/Accurady Trade-off: mathematical computation of the relationship
bi-Force on bimanual REACHING (REAplan robot)
bimanual forces, forces exerted in the wrong direction by each arm (Newtons)
bi-CO on bimanual REACHING (REAplan robot)
bimanual Coordination factor, mathematical measure of the phase coherence between speeds of both arms
bi-smoothness on bimanual REACHING (REAplan robot)
Smoothness of movement : Spectral Arc Length (SPARC)
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University Hospital of Mont-Godinne
Lead sponsor
Université Catholique de Louvain
Collaborator
