Robot-aided neurorehabilitation of the upper extremities

Riener, Robert; Nef, Tobias; Colombo, G.

doi:10.1007/bf02345116

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“…It is known that by exercising the affected part, it could recover some degree of functionality [24,29]. A Robot could be used for replicating the exercises provided by the therapist, but it also has the potential to reproduce other regimes that would not be easily carried out by a human being.…”

Section: Therapy Robotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

ROAD: domestic assistant and rehabilitation robot

Carrera¹,

Moreno²,

Saltarén³

et al. 2011

Med Biol Eng Comput

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This study introduces the concept design and analysis of a robotic system for the assistance and rehabilitation of disabled people. Based on the statistical data of the most common types of disabilities in Spain and other industrialized countries, the different tasks that the device must be able to perform have been determined. In this study, different robots for rehabilitation and assistance previously introduced have been reviewed. This survey is focused on those robots that assist with gait, balance and standing up. The structure of the ROAD robot presents various advantages over these robots, we discuss some of them. The performance of the proposed architecture is analyzed when it performs the sit to stand activity.

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Section: Therapy Robotsmentioning

confidence: 99%

ROAD: domestic assistant and rehabilitation robot

Carrera¹,

Moreno²,

Saltarén³

et al. 2011

Med Biol Eng Comput

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“…Several studies prove that arm therapy has positive effects on the rehabilitation progress of stroke patients [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. So, the interested in using the robotic device to help rehabilitation therapy is increasing.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many studies showed that using robotic devices in rehabilitation process on stroke patients has positive effects [3][4][5][6][7]. However, there are a few types of research and developments about using robot for rehabilitation in Thailand.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Novel Design and Implementation of a 4-DOF Upper Limb Exoskeleton for Stroke Rehabilitation with Active Assistive Control Strategy

Sutapun¹,

Sangveraphunsiri²

2017

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Abstract. We developed a robot, CUREs (Chulalongkorn University Rehabilitation Robotic Exoskeleton system), for upper extremity rehabilitation. The active assistive control strategy based on the impedance force control is developed and implemented to obtain assistive-resistive paths tracking for rehabilitation activities. The desired trajectory or rehabilitated training pattern for each specific patient need to be assigned first by a medical doctor and a physical therapy. The therapist can program the desired trajectory by guiding the patient arm based on the assigned path pattern and the set of via points will be stored and used for generating the desired trajectory. The desired trajectory will be stored specific for the patient and can be called back anytime. During the rehabilitation, the robot can assist and resist the patient's arm to follow the desired trajectory. If the patient has difficulty moving his arm to track the desired path, the robot will help by adding more torque to help the patient to move his arm to reduce the error between the desired path and the actual posture. And if the patient himself can move his arm tracking the desired path, the robot will not apply any more force to assist or resist. The necessary state variables such as angular position and torque can be recorded during the training. The main purpose of the experiment, follow the medical ethic, is to assure that there is no side effect for using this rehabilitation robot. Five subacute stroke patients participated in this pilot study. All patients have severe upper extremity weakness. The medical doctor will assign the training pattern based on patient condition. The result showed that the Fugl-Meyer Assessment Upper Extremity Scale was improved after 10 days of training in all participants without any sign of side effect.

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“…The use of robotic devices to treat upper-limb movement deficits is increasingly accepted, with several commercial devices now available for the arm and hand [30][31]. The earliest of these robots were end point-based, attached to the forearm and hand, and controlled movements in extrinsic coordinates.…”

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Retraining of interjoint arm coordination after stroke using robot-assisted time-independent functional training

Brokaw¹,

Murray²,

Nef³

et al. 2011

JRRD

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Abstract-We have developed a haptic-based approach for retraining of interjoint coordination following stroke called time-independent functional training (TIFT) and implemented this mode in the ARMin III robotic exoskeleton. The ARMin III robot was developed by Drs. Robert Riener and Tobias Nef at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich, or ETH Zurich), in Zurich, Switzerland. In the TIFT mode, the robot maintains arm movements within the proper kinematic trajectory via haptic walls at each joint. These arm movements focus training of interjoint coordination with highly intuitive real-time feedback of performance; arm movements advance within the trajectory only if their movement coordination is correct. In initial testing, 37 nondisabled subjects received a single session of learning of a complex pattern. Subjects were randomized to TIFT or visual demonstration or moved along with the robot as it moved though the pattern (time-dependent [TD] training). We examined visual demonstration to separate the effects of action observation on motor learning from the effects of the two haptic guidance methods. During these training trials, TIFT subjects reduced error and interaction forces between the robot and arm, while TD subject performance did not change. All groups showed significant learning of the trajectory during unassisted recall trials, but we observed no difference in learning between groups, possibly because this learning task is dominated by vision. Further testing in stroke populations is warranted.

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Robot-aided neurorehabilitation of the upper extremities

Cited by 354 publications

References 34 publications

ROAD: domestic assistant and rehabilitation robot

ROAD: domestic assistant and rehabilitation robot

A Novel Design and Implementation of a 4-DOF Upper Limb Exoskeleton for Stroke Rehabilitation with Active Assistive Control Strategy

Retraining of interjoint arm coordination after stroke using robot-assisted time-independent functional training

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