Table 2

Clinical evaluation of the therapy.

Subject

No. of sessions

FMA pre

FMA post

ΔFMA

Ash

S1

11

4

8

4

3

S2

12

13

16

3

2

S3

10

25

31

6

1+

S4

12

36

38

2

1

S5

10

9

11

2

2

S6

10

22

23

1

3

S7

8

27

34

7

1+

S8

9

43

46

3

1

S9

6

44

48

4

1

S10

6

11

13

2

1+

Mean ± SD

23.4 ± 14.26

26.8 ± 14.6

3.4 ± 1.89

FMA: Fugl-Meyer Arm section score (0-66), before (pre) and after (post) the robot therapy sessions. Ash: Ashworth score (0-4) before robot therapy (it did not change during therapy).

Vergaro et al. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2010 7:13   doi:10.1186/1743-0003-7-13