Feasibility, safety, and efficacy of task-oriented mirrored robotic training on upper-limb functions and activities of daily living in subacute poststroke patients: a pilot study.

"Conflicts of interest: Jianhuang Wu was employed by Shenzhen Wisemen Medical technologies Co., Ltd."

"Funding: This work was supported by the 2022 Major Scientific and Technological Innovation Project of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (N. XJB2022006 ), the Young Scientific and Technological Innovative Talents Training Project of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (N. XQC2023004 ), the Open Research Fund of Fujian Key Laboratory of Rehabilitation Technology (N. KF2019001 ) and the Fujian Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students (N. 202210393001S )."

"This prospective pilot study was focused on subacute poststroke patients. The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (approved number: 2021KY-015-02). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry in April 2022 (identifier: ChiCTR2200058455). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before enrollment. The data associated with the paper are not publicly available but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request."