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The aim of this study was to determine short-term and long-term changes in motor
function in patients with chronic hemiparesis who underwent robot training and to
evaluate its long-term benefit after 6 months. This was a longitudinal study with
a 6-month follow-up. The 15 patients included in this study underwent the
Fugl-Meyer test, the Ashworth Scale test, the Frenchay Arm test, and the Box and
Block test according to the following schedule: immediately before (T1, T3) and
after each treatment (T2, T4), and 6 months after T4 (T5). There were
statistically significant improvements in Fugl-Meyer test between T1 and T2 and
between T1 and T4; the score increased in the Ashworth Scale test for Shoulder
between T1 and T3 and between T1 and T5; a statistically significant decrease was
found between T1 and T2 and between T1 and T4, in the Box and Block test between
T1 and T4, and also between T1 and T5. This original rehabilitation treatment may
contribute toward increasing upper limb motor recovery in stable chronic stroke
patients.

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