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repetitive task training
Indications:
- neurorehabilitation
Procedure:
- entails task-specific motor activities
- may be delivered in a skilled nursing facility*
* useful for patients not eligible for in home neurorehabilitation
Clinical significance:
- improves upper limb & lower limb function, walking distance, & walking ability after acute stroke
References
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 11th edition (GRS11)
Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2022
- French B, Thomas LH, Coupe J et al.
Repetitive task training for improving functional ability after stroke.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016;11(11): CD006073
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006073.pub3/full