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Developing Guiding Principles For Technology-Based Rehabilitation Program By Engaging People With Motor Incomplete Tetraplegia, Alison Bell, Namrata Grampurohit, Gabrielle Kains, Ralph J. Marino
Developing Guiding Principles For Technology-Based Rehabilitation Program By Engaging People With Motor Incomplete Tetraplegia, Alison Bell, Namrata Grampurohit, Gabrielle Kains, Ralph J. Marino
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty Papers
Background: Technology-aided rehabilitation is well established in the field of neurologic rehabilitation. Despite the widespread availability, the development of technology-based interventions that incorporate perspectives of the people who will use them is lacking.
Objectives: This qualitative study aims to understand how people with chronic motor incomplete cervical spinal cord injury view rehabilitation technology to improve upper extremity function and neuromuscular recovery to inform future intervention development.
Methods: Seven participants with chronic upper extremity impairment due to spinal cord injury/dysfunction trialed five rehabilitation technology devices. After a 30-45 min trial for each device, participants engaged in a semi-structured interview. Interviews were …
Bilateral Upper Extremity Motor Priming (Bump) Plus Task-Specific Training For Severe, Chronic Upper Limb Hemiparesis: Study Protocol For A Randomized Clinical Trial, Mary Ellen Stoykov, Olivia M Biller, Alexandra Wax, Erin King, Jacob M Schauer, Louis F Fogg, Daniel M Corcos
Bilateral Upper Extremity Motor Priming (Bump) Plus Task-Specific Training For Severe, Chronic Upper Limb Hemiparesis: Study Protocol For A Randomized Clinical Trial, Mary Ellen Stoykov, Olivia M Biller, Alexandra Wax, Erin King, Jacob M Schauer, Louis F Fogg, Daniel M Corcos
Department of Occupational Therapy Faculty Papers
BACKGROUND: Various priming techniques to enhance neuroplasticity have been examined in stroke rehabilitation research. Most priming techniques are costly and approved only for research. Here, we describe a priming technique that is cost-effective and has potential to significantly change clinical practice. Bilateral motor priming uses the Exsurgo priming device (Exsurgo Rehabilitation, Auckland, NZ) so that the less affected limb drives the more affected limb in bilateral symmetrical wrist flexion and extension. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of a 5-week protocol of bilateral motor priming in combination with task-specific training on motor impairment of the affected …