1. Evaluation of the enhanced upper limb therapy programme within the Robot-Assisted Training for the Upper Limb after Stroke trial: descriptive analysis of intervention fidelity, goal selection and goal achievement
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Nina Wilson, Niall Hughes, Hermano Igo Krebs, Natasha Alvarado, Cristina Fernandez-Garcia, Sreeman Andole, Leanne Smith, Helen Bosomworth, Helen Rodgers, Denise Howel, David Cohen, Frederike van Wijck, Lisa Shaw, Jesse Dawson, Steven Hogg, Luke Vale, Lydia Aird, Duncan L. Turner, Christopher Price, Laura Ternent, Tracy Finch, Richard Francis, Scott Wilkes, and Gary A. Ford
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,media_common.quotation_subject ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Exploratory Studies ,Fidelity ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,upper limb ,repetitive functional task practice ,B700 ,law.invention ,Upper Extremity ,A900 ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Humans ,Medicine ,Goal achievement ,goals ,Stroke ,Physical Therapy Modalities ,Aged ,media_common ,Motivation ,Rehabilitation ,Descriptive statistics ,business.industry ,Stroke Rehabilitation ,Robotics ,A300 ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Goal selection ,B900 ,body regions ,fidelity ,Treatment Outcome ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Upper limb ,Female ,business - Abstract
Objective: To report the fidelity of the enhanced upper limb therapy programme within the Robot-Assisted Training for the Upper Limb after stroke (RATULS) randomized controlled trial, the types of goals selected and the proportion of goals achieved. Design: Descriptive analysis of data on fidelity, goal selection and achievement from an intervention group within a randomized controlled trial. Setting: Out-patient stroke rehabilitation within four UK NHS centres. Subjects: 259 participants with moderate-severe upper limb activity limitation (Action Research Arm Test 0–39) between one week and five years post first stroke. Intervention: The enhanced upper limb therapy programme aimed to provide 36 one-hour sessions, including 45 minutes of face-to-face therapy focusing on personal goals, over 12 weeks. Results: 7877/9324 (84%) sessions were attended; a median of 34 [IQR 29–36] per participant. A median of 127 [IQR 70–190] repetitions were achieved per participant per session attended. Based upon the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, goal categories were: self-care 1449/2664 (54%); productivity 374/2664 (14%); leisure 180/2664 (7%) and ‘other’ 661/2664 (25%). For the 2051/2664 goals for which data were available, 1287 (51%) were achieved, ranging between 27% by participants more than 12 months post stroke with baseline Action Research Arm Test scores 0–7, and 88% by those less than three months after stroke with scores 8–19. Conclusions: Intervention fidelity was high. Goals relating to self-care were most commonly selected. The proportion of goals achieved varied, depending on time post stroke and baseline arm activity limitation.
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- 2020