The I-Walk Assistive Robot

Moustris, George P.; Kardaris, Nikolaos; Tsiami, Antigoni; Chalvatzaki, Georgia; Koutras, Petros; Dometios, Athanasios; Oikonomou, Paris; Tzafestas, Costas S.; Maragos, Petros; Efthimiou, Eleni; Papageorgiou, Xanthi S.; Fotinea, Stavroula–Evita; Koumpouros, Yiannis; Vacalopoulou, Anna; Karavasili, Alexandra; Nikolakakis, Alexandros; Karaiskos, Konstantinos; Mavridis, Panagiotis

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-71356-0_3

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“…They are suitable for providing cognitive and walking assistance to people with mild to moderate motor impairments (e.g., the elderly), and they can combine user-adaptive motion control, navigation in dynamic environments, and cognitive assistance. In addition, they can provide stable human posture support, walking assistance, navigation in indoor and outdoor environments, health monitoring, and more [58,59].…”

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The Use of Sports Rehabilitation Robotics to Assist in the Recovery of Physical Abilities in Elderly Patients with Degenerative Diseases: A Literature Review

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The increase in the number of elderly patients with degenerative diseases has brought additional medical and financial pressures, which are adding to the burden on society. The development of sports rehabilitation robotics (SRR) is becoming increasingly sophisticated at the technical level of its application; however, few studies have analyzed how it works and how effective it is in aiding rehabilitation, and fewer individualized exercise rehabilitation programs have been developed for elderly patients. The purpose of this study was to analyze the working methods and the effects of different types of SRR and then to suggest the feasibility of applying SRR to enhance the physical abilities of elderly patients with degenerative diseases. The researcher’s team searched 633 English-language journal articles, which had been published over the past five years, and they selected 38 of them for a narrative literature review. Our summary found the following: (1) The current types of SRR are generally classified as end-effector robots, smart walkers, intelligent robotic rollators, and exoskeleton robots—exoskeleton robots were found to be the most widely used. (2) The current working methods include assistant tools as the main intermediaries—i.e., robots assist patients to participate; patients as the main intermediaries—i.e., patients dominate the assistant tools to participate; and sensors as the intermediaries—i.e., myoelectric-driven robots promote patient participation. (3) Better recovery was perceived for elderly patients when using SRR than is generally achieved through the traditional single-movement recovery methods, especially in strength, balance, endurance, and coordination. However, there was no significant improvement in their speed or agility after using SRR.

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Section: Intelligent Robotic Rollator Integrally Enhances Physical An...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Use of Sports Rehabilitation Robotics to Assist in the Recovery of Physical Abilities in Elderly Patients with Degenerative Diseases: A Literature Review

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et al. 2023

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“…The i-Walk project offers two solutions ( Moustris et al, 2021 ); a lightweight one, using a commercially available design, retrofitting it with the appropriate sensors and electronics to provide a subset of the functionalities, and a heavier robotic rollator incorporating a full-scale version of all the envisaged functionalities. The former is intended mainly for home use, having no actuation at all while the latter is a fully-fledged motorized robotic rollator, mainly for clinical environments.…”

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The i-Walk Lightweight Assistive Rollator: First Evaluation Study

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Robots can play a significant role as assistive devices for people with movement impairment and mild cognitive deficit. In this paper we present an overview of the lightweight i-Walk intelligent robotic rollator, which offers cognitive and mobility assistance to the elderly and to people with light to moderate mobility impairment. The utility, usability, safety and technical performance of the device is investigated through a clinical study, which took place at a rehabilitation center in Greece involving real patients with mild to moderate cognitive and mobility impairment. This first evaluation study comprised a set of scenarios in a number of pre-defined use cases, including physical rehabilitation exercises, as well as mobility and ambulation involved in typical daily living activities of the patients. The design and implementation of this study is discussed in detail, along with the obtained results, which include both an objective and a subjective evaluation of the system operation, based on a set of technical performance measures and a validated questionnaire for the analysis of qualitative data, respectively. The study shows that the technical modules performed satisfactory under real conditions, and that the users generally hold very positive views of the platform, considering it safe and reliable.

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