AU2001234448A1 - Bilateral arm trainer and method of use - Google Patents

Bilateral arm trainer and method of use

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AU2001234448A1
AU2001234448A1 AU2001234448A AU3444801A AU2001234448A1 AU 2001234448 A1 AU2001234448 A1 AU 2001234448A1 AU 2001234448 A AU2001234448 A AU 2001234448A AU 3444801 A AU3444801 A AU 3444801A AU 2001234448 A1 AU2001234448 A1 AU 2001234448A1
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David Grant
Sandy Mccombe-Waller
Jill Whitall
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University of Maryland at Baltimore
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Abstract

A device and method for bilateral upper extremity training for patients with a paretic upper extremity, the device facilitating cortical remodeling, sustained relearning, and improvement in functional outcomes in paretic and possibly non-paretic upper extremities. In one variation, the device includes a base, an adjustable chest plate for placing the user at a set distance from the device and isolating arm movement, an incline plate attached and inclinable relative to the base, two width plates adjustably attached to the incline plate, and two swivel plates adjustably attached to the width plates. In one variation, the swivel plates are swivalable relative to a fixed point in a plane parallel to the plane of the width plates. In another variation, the swivel plates are pivotably attached to the width plates. Other features of the device include a counter for counting user activity, and audible and visual cueing devices for facilitating sustained learning.
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