Effectiveness of action observation treatment integrated with virtual reality in the motor rehabilitation of stroke patients: A randomized controlled clinical trial
Antonino Errante, Donatella Saviola, Matteo Cantoni, Katia Iannuzzelli, Settimio Ziccarelli, Fabrizio Togni, Marcello Simonini, Carolina Malchiodi, Debora Bertoni, Maria Grazia Inzaghi, Francesca Bozzetti, Annamaria Quarenghi, Paola Quarenghi, Daniele Bosone, Leonardo Fogassi, Giovanni Pietro Salvi, Antonio De Tanti · FENS Forum 2024
Action Observation Treatment (AOT) and Virtual Reality (VR) are both effective interventions for upper limb rehabilitation in patients affected by stroke. The present study aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of Action Observation (AO) combined with VR (AO+VR) in upper limb stroke rehabilitation, as compared to a control treatment based on VR alone (CO+VR). A multicentric randomized controlled trial (RCT) with blinded assessment and two investigative arms was conducted. Adult stroke survivors with hemiplegia (N=26) were randomized into AO+VR or CO+VR treatment groups. The treatment consisted
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