The participants for this study could be stroke survivors who participated in the clinical trial E-BRAiN (Evidence-based Robot Assistant in Neurorehabilitation; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05152433) and completed the 2-week course of the humanoid robot-led therapy at one of the two study centres, i.e., the Universitätsmedizin Greifswald or the BDH-Klinik Greifswald. The eligibility criteria for the E-BRAiN trial were as follows: age ≥18 years, history of stroke (ischaemic stroke, non-traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage, and subarachnoidal haemorrhage), either stroke-related upper extremity paresis or visual neglect, not pregnant or breastfeeding, not living in custody, and providing informed consent.
The research was approved by the institution’s review board (Ethikkommission der Universitätsmedizin Greifswald; date of approval: 10.05.2021).
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