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OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of treating inpatient stroke survivors with
active-passive bilateral therapy as a motor priming technique before occupational
therapy. DESIGN: Single case series with two matched pairs in the subacute
post-stroke rehabilitation phase. The test patients received active-passive
bilateral therapy plus upper limb motor training.
Control patients received only
the motor training. RESULTS: Both Fugl-Meyer Upper Extremity scores and Action
Research Arm Test scores improved in this small group of test and control
patients. The magnitude of improvement was greater in test patients who received
active-passive bilateral therapy plus unilateral training. CONCLUSIONS: We
conclude that it is feasible and safe to administer active-passive bilateral
therapy in a hospital setting.

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