Combined repetitive facilitative exercise under continuous neuromuscular electrical stimulation and task-oriented training for hemiplegic upper extremity during convalescent phase after stroke: before-and-after feasibility trial.

"Conflict of interest The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest."

"The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This study was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI grant numbers [JP20H04053], [JP23H03247] and Junwa Rehabilitation Foundation."

"Subjects were recruited from among inpatients at Kirishima Sugiyasu Hospital in Japan, from April 2020 to July 2021. Six men and 2 women met the inclusion criteria. Characteristics of participants are presented in . Mean age was 73.6 (SD 13.2, range 47–91). This study was performed in accordance with the principles stated in the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent, and the study was approved by the ethics committee of Kirishima Sugiyasu Hospital (20001) and was retrospectively registered with the UMIN Clinical Trial Registry (UMIN000051067)."