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May 20, 2026Bulletin of Faculty of Physical TherapyOpen Access

Treatment techniques for improving upper extremity function in chronic stroke patients (2020–2025): a narrative review

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SPSatish K. PimpaleLokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical CollegeAVAnnamma VarghesePhysiotherapy New ZealandGBGeeta BhattK J Somaiya Medical College

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Implication

Narrative review analyzes rehabilitation interventions for chronic stroke, indicating multimodal approaches optimize results.

Key Points

  • This narrative review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of various rehabilitation interventions for improving upper extremity function in chronic stroke patients.
  • Synthesized studies from 2020-2025 across multiple scholarly databases including Scopus and PubMed.
  • Evaluated multiple rehabilitation techniques such as VR, robot-assisted therapy, FES, TOT, NIBS, and FST.
  • VR shows superior effectiveness in motor recovery and patient interaction.
  • Robot-assisted therapy combined with physiotherapy enhances outcomes compared to physiotherapy alone.
  • NIBS outcomes vary, with tDCS yielding better results than TMS.

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Pimpale et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0d5078f03e14405aa9c4a7https://doi.org/10.1186/s43161-026-00346-x
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