Effects of Combined Robotic Therapy and Repetitive-Task Practice on Upper-Extremity Function in a Patient With Chronic Stroke

Abstract

Improvements in upper-extremity motor functioning and functional performance in daily tasks followed this client's engagement in distal initiation of movement during an RTP exercise regimen that was robotically reinforced.

Quality-of-Life Change Associated With Robotic-Assisted Therapy to Improve Hand Motor Function in Patients With Subacute Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial

“…30 Briefly, an air muscle (pneumatic actuator) provides the force necessary to extend the wrist and resist wrist flexion. Activation of the air muscle rotates a bar about a pivot point positioned in line with the axis of rotation about the wrist.…”

“…The 3 HM protocols used were: motor control, recruitment, and spasticity reduction. 30,31 Briefly, the goal of the motor control protocol was to increase AROM at the wrist. The participants started with the wrist in a neutral position.…”

A fabric-regulated soft robotic glove with user intent detection using EMG and RFID for hand assistive application

“…(e-mail: jeong_hoon_lim@nuhs.edu.sg). 4 Chen-Hua Yeow is also with the Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology and Advanced Robotics Center. provide movement assistance.…”

“…An individual suffering from the impairment will lose the ability to accurately control the hand and digits as well as to perform activities of daily living. In order to restore hand function and mobility, physical therapy and rehabilitation programs comprising repetitive task practice (RTP) are required [4]. However, these procedures are normally labor-intensive and limited to clinical settings.…”

Technological Guidelines: The Relationship between our Expanding Knowledge and our Philosophical Assumptions

“…The technology that we use today would have been beyond our scope of comprehension when occupational therapists first began to incorporate technological devices into practice. With the advancements of the last decade, we now have access to complex technology, such as Intelligent Transportation Systems (Arbesman & Pellerito, 2008), robotic devices (Rosenstein, Ridgel, Thota, Samame, & Alberts, 2008), and electronic aids to daily living that control home automation technologies (Lange & Smith, 2002).…”