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Methods: A randomized clinical single-blind trial was conducted. Stroke patients were recruited and randomized into an experimental group, which completed a treatment protocol of splinting plus physiotherapy for 45 min per session, two sessions per week for four weeks; or a control group, which received the same type of conventional physiotherapy treatment for the same period of time. The patients were evaluated by Fugl-Meyer Assessment of the Upper Extremity (FMA-UE) and the Trunk Control Scale. Secondary variables were Mini-BEStest, the modified Ashworth scale for ankle flexors, and computerized measurements of upper limb functional parameters performed by Armeo Spring\u00ae robotic systems and Amadeo\u00ae. All variables were measured pre- and post-treatment. Results: Twenty stroke patients with subacute and chronic stroke completed the protocol. Mann\u2013Whitney U tests showed statistically significant differences between groups for the FM sensation variable (Z = \u22122.19; p = 0.03). The rest of the variables studied in the comparison between the two study groups did not present statistically significant differences (p &gt; 0.05). 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