| Objective:To investigate the clinical curative effect of Rejoyce upper limb rehabilitation training system on the upper extremity function rehabilitation in stroke patients. Method:Forty-two stroke patients with hemiplegia were randomly divided into the observation group (n=22) and control group (n=20). Both groups received conventional drug therapy and conventional rehabilitation. The observation group was subjected to Rejoyce upper limb rehabilitation training system additionally. All of the patients were assessed before and after treatment using the Fugl-Meyer assessment-upper extremity (FMA-UE), ReJoyce Automated Hand Function Test (RAHFT) and Functional Independence Measure (FIM). Results:After treatment for 4 weeks, there were no significant differences in FIM, RAHFT and FMA-UE scores between the two groups. After treatment for 8 weeks, FMA-UE, RAHFT and FIM scores were significantly increased as compared with those before treatment and at 4th week after treatment (P<0.05, and 0.01), more obviously in the observation group than in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusions:Conventional occupational therapy for retraining the upper limbs after stroke may be more effective when combined with training using upper limb rehabilitation training system and improve the ability of activity of daily live of patients more effectively. |
