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About
Jan Mehrholz is a leading rehabilitation scientist whose work has fundamentally shaped our understanding of technology-assisted motor recovery following neurological injury. Based primarily in Germany, Mehrholz has built a distinguished career focused on electromechanical and robot-assisted rehabilitation, with particular emphasis on restoring arm function and walking ability in stroke survivors and individuals with spinal cord injury. His most significant contributions center on rigorous systematic reviews and Cochrane meta-analyses examining whether robotic and electromechanical devices can meaningfully improve patients' daily living activities, limb function, and muscle strength. His landmark 2015 review on robot-assisted arm training after stroke has accumulated over 680 citations, reflecting its central role in guiding clinical practice worldwide. Similarly, his repeated updates on electromechanical-assisted gait training — accumulating over 800 combined citations — have provided clinicians with the highest-quality evidence available to inform walking rehabilitation programs. Beyond reviews, Mehrholz has investigated innovative combination therapies, including pairing transcranial direct current stimulation with robotic arm training in subacute stroke patients. His 2005 early-career work demonstrating that computerized arm training improves motor control in severely affected stroke patients, now cited over 330 times, established his reputation as both a rigorous trialist and a clinically relevant innovator whose research directly improves patient outcomes globally.
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- 2Electromechanical-assisted training for walking after stroke566 citations · 2017
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- 7Electromechanical-assisted training for walking after stroke244 citations · 2020
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- 9Locomotor training for walking after spinal cord injury201 citations · 2012
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