Tracy Finch
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Tracy Finch is a leading clinical researcher in stroke rehabilitation, best known for her pivotal work on robot-assisted therapy for upper limb recovery. As the chief investigator of the landmark RATULS (Robot Assisted Training for the Upper Limb after Stroke) programme, she led the largest multicentre randomised controlled trial in this field, involving over 770 patients across four UK NHS centres. Her 2019 paper in the *BMJ* (477 citations) provided definitive evidence that robot-assisted training using the MIT-Manus system was no more effective than enhanced upper limb therapy (EULT) for improving arm function after stroke—a finding that reshaped clinical guidelines and redirected research priorities. Finch’s contributions extend beyond efficacy to cost-effectiveness, showing that robot-assisted training was not economically justified compared to EULT or usual care. She also developed and evaluated the structured EULT programme, demonstrating high intervention fidelity and meaningful goal achievement. Her work has been instrumental in moving stroke rehabilitation toward evidence-based, patient-centred approaches, and her rigorous trial methodology has set a new standard for evaluating complex interventions in neurological rehabilitation.
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