The impact of serious games with humanoid robots on mild cognitive impairment older adults

Manca, Marco; Paternò, Fabio; Santoro, Carmen; Zedda, Eleonora; Braschi, Chiara; Franco, Roberta; Sale, Alessandro

doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2020.102509

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“…For example, the user may perceive the robot unsafe or scary (Salem et al, 2015;Coeckelbergh et al, 2016). In the Begum et al, 2015;Conti et al, 2015;Huskens et al, 2015;Ioannou et al, 2015;Miskam et al, 2015;Shukla et al, 2015Shukla et al, , 2017Sonntag, 2015;Taheri et al, 2015aTaheri et al, , 2016Taheri et al, , 2018Taheri et al, , 2019Taheri et al, , 2020Valentí Soler et al, 2015;Zheng et al, 2015Zheng et al, , 2016Alemi et al, 2016;Tariq et al, 2016;Rudovic et al, 2017;Tsardoulias et al, 2017;van den Heuvel et al, 2017;David et al, 2018David et al, , 2020Tsiakas et al, 2018;Ali et al, 2019;Marino et al, 2019;Sandygulova et al, 2019;Tleubayev et al, 2019;Alnajjar et al, 2020;Pino et al, 2020 Nunez et al, 2015;Paletta et al, 2018;Carros et al, 2020;Manca et al, 2020;Nault et al, 2020;Schüssler et al, 2020 Taheri et al, 2015aTaheri et...…”

Section: Ethical Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Systematic Review of Robotic Rehabilitation for Cognitive Training

et al. 2021

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A large and increasing number of people around the world experience cognitive disability. Rehabilitation robotics has provided promising training and assistance approaches to mitigate cognitive deficits. In this article, we carried out a systematic review on recent developments in robot-assisted cognitive training. We included 99 articles in this work and described their applications, enabling technologies, experiments, and products. We also conducted a meta analysis on the articles that evaluated robot-assisted cognitive training protocol with primary end users (i.e., people with cognitive disability). We identified major limitations in current robotics rehabilitation for cognitive training, including the small sample size, non-standard measurement of training and uncontrollable factors. There are still multifaceted challenges in this field, including ethical issues, user-centered (or stakeholder-centered) design, the reliability, trust, and cost-effectiveness, personalization of the robot-assisted cognitive training system. Future research shall also take into consideration human-robot collaboration and social cognition to facilitate a natural human-robot interaction.

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Section: Ethical Challengesmentioning

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A Systematic Review of Robotic Rehabilitation for Cognitive Training

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“…In the study of Pino et al [26], the rate of cognitive impairment could be delayed, and depressive symptoms could be reduced in MCI elders through interaction and memory training. Manca et al [27] presented the impact of 12 sessions a month of serial music games using humanoid robots and tablets with 14 elders with MCI, measuring their response and level of improvement. However, one limitation of the study is that the indicators measuring the cognitive status improvement were too simple and the number of participants was too small.…”

Section: Introduction Demographic Changes and Mild Cognitive Impairmentmentioning

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The Humanoid Robot Sil-Bot in a Cognitive Training Program for Community-Dwelling Elderly People with Mild Cognitive Impairment during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Park

Jung

Lee

2021

IJERPH

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Background: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a stage preceding dementia, and early intervention is critical. This study investigated whether multi-domain cognitive training programs, especially robot-assisted training, conducted 12 times, twice a week for 6 weeks can improve cognitive function and depression decline in community-dwelling older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 135 volunteers without cognitive impairment aged 60 years old or older. Participants were first randomized into two groups. One group consisted of 90 participants who would receive cognitive training and 45 who would not receive any training (NI). The cognitive training group was randomly divided into two groups, 45 who received traditional cognitive training (TCT) and 45 who received robot-assisted cognitive training (RACT). The training for both groups consisted of a daily 60 min session, twice a week for six weeks. Results: RACT participants had significantly greater post-intervention improvement in cognitive function (t = 4.707, p < 0.001), memory (t = −2.282, p = 0.007), executive function (t = 4.610, p < 0.001), and depression (t = −3.307, p = 0.004). TCT participants had greater post-intervention improvement in memory (t = −6.671, p < 0.001) and executive function (t = 5.393, p < 0.001). Conclusions: A 6-week robot-assisted, multi-domain cognitive training program can improve the efficiency of global cognitive function and depression during cognitive tasks in older adults with MCI, which is associated with improvements in memory and executive function.

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“…Unfortunately, to date, there is not enough literature to support our hypothesis because studies have focused on patients with different neurological disorders. Indeed, in [ 25 ], the authors used the humanoid robot Pepper within a training program aimed to improve the cognitive status of people with dementia, investigating how patients relate to the robot and perceive the serious games it is equipped with [ 26 ]. In this study, it was observed that the elderly engaged more with the robot from one session to the next, showing a positive perception of interaction with it.…”

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Humanoid Robot Use in Cognitive Rehabilitation of Patients with Severe Brain Injury: A Pilot Study

Corallo

Maresca

Formica

et al. 2022

JCM

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Severe acquired brain injury (SABI) is a major global public health problem and a source of disability. A major contributor to disability after SABI is limited access to multidisciplinary rehabilitation, despite evidence of sustained functional gains, improved quality of life, increased return to work, and reduced need for long-term care. Twelve patients with a diagnosis of SABI were enrolled and equally divided into two groups: experimental and control. Patients in both groups underwent intensive neurorehabilitation according to the severity of their disabilities (motor, psycho-cognitive, and sensory deficits). However, in the experimental group, the treatment was performed by using a humanoid robot. At baseline, the two groups differed significantly only in Severe Impairment Battery (SIB) scores. Results showed that the experimental treatment had a higher effect than the traditional one on quality of life and mood. In conclusion, this pilot study provides evidence of the possible effects of relational and cognitive stimulation in more severely brain-injured patients.

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The impact of serious games with humanoid robots on mild cognitive impairment older adults

Cited by 56 publications

References 13 publications

A Systematic Review of Robotic Rehabilitation for Cognitive Training

A Systematic Review of Robotic Rehabilitation for Cognitive Training

The Humanoid Robot Sil-Bot in a Cognitive Training Program for Community-Dwelling Elderly People with Mild Cognitive Impairment during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Humanoid Robot Use in Cognitive Rehabilitation of Patients with Severe Brain Injury: A Pilot Study

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