A Systematic Review of Bilateral Upper Limb Training Devices for Poststroke Rehabilitation

Table 1

Summary of mechanical bilateral upper limb training devices.

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
BATRAC (Tailwind)	Active	Proximal; (shoulder and elbow)	Yes; 2 single group studies (chronic) [20, 22]; 1 RCT (chronic) [23]	Yes
BATRAC (modified)	Active	Distal (wrist)	1 RCT in progress (subacute) [21]
Reha-Slide Duo	Active	Proximal; (shoulder and elbow)	No	Yes
Reha-Slide (Nudelholz)	Passive, assisted, and active	Proximal and distal; (shoulder, elbow, and wrist)	1 case series (subacute) [25]; 1 RCT (subacute) [26]	Yes
APBT; (the Rocker)	Passive	Distal (wrist)	1 case series (subacute) [29]; 1 single group study (subacute and chronic) [27]; 1 RCT (chronic) [28]	No
Able-X	Active	Proximal and distal; (shoulder, Elbow, and wrist)	1 single group study (chronic) [30]	Yes

BATRAC: bilateral arm training with rhythmic auditory cueing; APBT: active-passive bimanual movement therapy; RCT: randomized clinical trial.