An innovative training based on robotics for older people with subacute stroke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Stroke is a leading cause of disability, injury, and death in elderly people and represents a major public health problem with substantial medical and economic consequences. The incidence of stroke rapidly increases with age, doubling for each decade after age 55 years. Gait impa...

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Main Authors: Elvira Maranesi, Roberta Bevilacqua, Mirko Di Rosa, Giuseppe Pelliccioni, Valentina Di Donna, Riccardo Luzi, Micaela Morettini, Agnese Sbrollini, Elisa Casoni, Nadia Rinaldi, Renato Baldoni, Fabrizia Lattanzio, Laura Burattini, Giovanni R. Riccardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05357-8