Effects of robotic upper limb treatment after stroke on cognitive patterns: A systematic review.
Federica BressiLaura CricentiBenedetta CampagnolaMarco BraviSandra MiccinilliFabio SantacaterinaSilvia SterziSofia StraudiMichela AgostiniMatteo PaciEmanuela CasanovaDario MarinoGiuseppe La RosaDaniele GiansantiLuca PerreroAlberto BattistiniSerena FiloniMonica SicariSalvatore PetrozzinoClaudio Marcello SolaroStefano GarganoPaolo BenantiPaolo BoldriniDonatella BonaiutiEnrico CastelliFrancesco DraicchioVincenzo FalabellaSilvia GaleriFrancesca GimiglianoMauro GrigioniStefano MazzoleniStefano MazzonFranco MolteniMaurizio PetrarcaAlessandro PicelliFederico PosteraroMichele SenatoreGiuseppe TurchettiGiovanni MoroneMarco GallottiMarco GermanottaIrene Aprilenull nullPublished in: NeuroRehabilitation (2023)
Despite the high presence of cognitive instruments used for inclusion/exclusion criteria their heterogeneity did not allow the identification of a guideline for the evaluation of patients in different stroke stages. Therefore, although the heterogeneity and the low percentage of studies that included cognitive outcomes, seemed that the latter were positively influenced by RT in post-stroke rehabilitation. Future larger RCTs are needed to outline which cognitive scales are most suitable and their cut-off, as well as what cognitive outcome measures to use in the various stages of post-stroke rehabilitation.