ResearchAdditional early active repetitive motor training did not prevent contracture in adults receiving task-specific upper limb training after stroke: a randomised trial
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Randomised controlled trial
Stroke
Contracture
Upper extremity
Active motor training
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Footnotes: a Acumar, Lafayette Instrument Company, Lafayette, USA.
eAddenda: Table 4 and Appendices 1, 2 and 3 can be found online at DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2019.02.005.
Ethics approval: Townsville Hospital and Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee approved the study protocol (HREC reference number: HREC/14/QTHS/124). All participants gave written informed consent before data collection began.
Competing interests: KS Hayward is a research consultant for SMART Arm Pty Ltd.
Source(s) of support: Funding for the conduct of this trial was provided by the Sunshine Coast Health Foundation Wishlist Research Grant Scheme.
© 2019 THE AUTHORS. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Australian Physiotherapy Association.