ANSO study: Evaluation in an indoor environment of a mobile assistance robotic grasping arm

Abstract

The SAM system was stable and reliable: both patients and control participants experienced few failures when completing the various stages of the scenarios. The graphic interface was effective for selecting and grasping the object – even in the absence of visual control. Users and carers were generally satisfied with SAM, although only a quarter of patients said that they would consider using the robot in their activities of daily living.

Motor imagery reinforces brain compensation of reach-to-grasp movement after cervical spinal cord injury

“…This resulted in exclusion of 230 articles after reading the title and/or abstract. Among the 76 remaining full-text articles, 66 papers were rejected for the following reasons: MI studies with no tetraplegic participants (Boschker et al, 2000 ; Pfurtscheller et al, 2003b ; Wilson, 2003 ; Erfani and Erfanian, 2004 ; Erfanian and Erfani, 2004 ; Grush, 2004 ; Grosjean et al, 2007 ; Szpunar et al, 2007 ; Miller et al, 2010 ; Müller-Putz et al, 2010 ; Olsson and Nyberg, 2010 ; Schill et al, 2011 ; Viswanathan et al, 2012 ; Papageorgiou et al, 2013 ; Smits-Engelsman and Wilson, 2013 ; Kondo et al, 2014 ; Grosprêtre et al, 2015 ; Malik et al, 2015 ); Studies including tetraplegic participants with no MI intervention (Saxena et al, 1995 ; de Castro and Cliquet, 2000a , b ; Laffont et al, 2000 , 2007 , 2009 ; Memberg and Crago, 2000 ; Thorsen et al, 2001 , 2014 ; Hoffmann et al, 2002 ; Nunome et al, 2002 ; Taylor et al, 2002 ; Remy-Neris et al, 2003 ; Shimada et al, 2003 ; Cornwall and Hausman, 2004 ; Pfurtscheller et al, 2005 ; Anderson et al, 2008 ; Robinson et al, 2010 ; de los Reyes-Guzmán et al, 2010 ; Martin et al, 2012 ; Siedziewski et al, 2012 ; Coignard et al, 2013 ; Collinger et al, 2013a , b ; Cortes et al, 2013 ; Mateo et al, 2013 , 2015a ; Wodlinger et al, 2015 ); MI of lower limb movements only (Pfurtscheller et al, 2008 ; Flanagin et al, ...…”

“…Studies including tetraplegic participants with no MI intervention (Saxena et al, 1995 ; de Castro and Cliquet, 2000a , b ; Laffont et al, 2000 , 2007 , 2009 ; Memberg and Crago, 2000 ; Thorsen et al, 2001 , 2014 ; Hoffmann et al, 2002 ; Nunome et al, 2002 ; Taylor et al, 2002 ; Remy-Neris et al, 2003 ; Shimada et al, 2003 ; Cornwall and Hausman, 2004 ; Pfurtscheller et al, 2005 ; Anderson et al, 2008 ; Robinson et al, 2010 ; de los Reyes-Guzmán et al, 2010 ; Martin et al, 2012 ; Siedziewski et al, 2012 ; Coignard et al, 2013 ; Collinger et al, 2013a , b ; Cortes et al, 2013 ; Mateo et al, 2013 , 2015a ; Wodlinger et al, 2015 );…”

Acceptance of Assistive Technology by Users with Motor Disabilities Due to Spinal Cord or Acquired Brain Injuries: A Systematic Review

“…In total, 532 participants were retrieved from the examined studies. Specifically, 185 participants had SCI [20,22,23,[25][26][27][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]. Among those, 46 were people with tetraplegia (injury at C level), and 71 with paraplegia (damage at D and T levels), while for 68 of them, no information was reported about the level of disruption.…”

“…Among those, 46 were people with tetraplegia (injury at C level), and 71 with paraplegia (damage at D and T levels), while for 68 of them, no information was reported about the level of disruption. One hundred sixty-four participants were reported to have acquired brain injury (ABI): 2 persons with ABI from post-stroke locked-in syndrome [32], 2 persons with ABI with no other specifications [32], 28 persons with stroke with no further specifications [21,27,38] 43 with ABI from ischemic stroke [24,39], 35 with ABI from haemorrhagic stroke [20,24,39], and 2 persons with hemiplegia with no other specification [20], 52 participants that were included in this group but with no further specification [24,27]. Thirty-seven participants were affected by congenital disorders: 1 by antropogirosis [32], 1 by spinal muscular atrophy [32] and 35 by cerebral palsy [27,32].…”

“…One hundred sixty-four participants were reported to have acquired brain injury (ABI): 2 persons with ABI from post-stroke locked-in syndrome [32], 2 persons with ABI with no other specifications [32], 28 persons with stroke with no further specifications [21,27,38] 43 with ABI from ischemic stroke [24,39], 35 with ABI from haemorrhagic stroke [20,24,39], and 2 persons with hemiplegia with no other specification [20], 52 participants that were included in this group but with no further specification [24,27]. Thirty-seven participants were affected by congenital disorders: 1 by antropogirosis [32], 1 by spinal muscular atrophy [32] and 35 by cerebral palsy [27,32]. Thirteen participants were reported to have been subjected to amputations but without other specifications [27], plus another one with quadruple amputation [32].…”