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Name of device | Movement of most impaired upper limb | Targeted part of the upper limb | Device clinical investigation (patients in phase post-stroke: acute, subacute, or chronic) | Commercially available |
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H-O-H | Passive and assisted | Distal (wrist) | No | No |
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Bimanual Lifting Rehabilitator | Passive and assisted | Proximal (shoulder and elbow) | No | No |
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MIME | Assisted (in bilateral mode) | Proximal (shoulder and elbow) | 1 RCT (acute) [35] 1 RCT (subacute) [34] 1 RCT (chronic) [33] | No |
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ARCMIME | Assisted (in bilateral mode) | Proximal (shoulder and elbow) | No | No |
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Braccio di Ferro | Assisted and active | Proximal (shoulder and elbow) | No | No |
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Bimanual Handlebar | Active | Proximal (shoulder and elbow) | No | No |
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Bi-Manu Track | Passive, assisted, and active | Distal (elbow/forearm and wrist) | 2 RCTs (subacute) [42, 43] 3 RCTs (chronic) [44–46] 1 RCT in progress (chronic) (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/, NCT01525979) | Yes |
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Hand Robotic Rehabilitation Device | Passive, assisted, and active | Distal (elbow/forearm and wrist) | No | No |
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BFIAMT | Passive, assisted, and active | Proximal (shoulder and elbow) | 1 single group study (chronic) [48] | No |
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Bimanual Coordinate Training System | Passive, assisted, and active | Proximal (elbow) | No | No |
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Driver’s SEAT | Passive, assisted, and active | Proximal (shoulder and elbow) | No | No |
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Adaptive Bimanual Robotic Training | Active (with passive gravity compensation) | Proximal (shoulder and elbow) | No | No |
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Virtual Reality Piano | Assisted and active | Distal (wrist and fingers) | 1 single group study (chronic) [53] | Virtual Reality Piano: no CyberGrasp: yes |
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EXO-UL7 | Assisted | Proximal and distal (shoulder, elbow, Forearm, and wrist) | 1 RCT (chronic) [54] | No |
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