Robot-aided neurorehabilitation

The authors' goal is to apply robotics and automation technology to assist, enhance, quantify, and document neurorehabilitation. This paper reviews a clinical trial involving 20 stroke patients with a prototype robot-aided rehabilitation facility developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on rehabilitation engineering 1998-03, Vol.6 (1), p.75-87
Main Authors: Krebs, H.I., Hogan, N., Aisen, M.L., Volpe, B.T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Automation
Biomechanical Phenomena
Cerebrovascular Disorders - rehabilitation
Clinical trials
Data analysis
Equipment Design
Female
Handicapped persons
Hospitals
Humans
Kinematics
Male
Medical problems
Medical treatment
Middle Aged
Musculoskeletal system
Neurology
Physical Therapy Modalities - instrumentation
Physical Therapy Modalities - methods
Prognosis
Prototypes
Rehabilitation robotics
Robot applications
Robotics - instrumentation
Robotics - methods
Robotics and automation
Robots
Testing
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:The authors' goal is to apply robotics and automation technology to assist, enhance, quantify, and document neurorehabilitation. This paper reviews a clinical trial involving 20 stroke patients with a prototype robot-aided rehabilitation facility developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, (MIT) and tested at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, NY. It also presents the authors' approach to analyze kinematic data collected in the robot-aided assessment procedure. In particular, they present evidence (1) that robot-aided therapy does not have adverse effects, (2) that patients tolerate the procedure, and (3) that peripheral manipulation of the impaired limb may influence brain recovery. These results are based on standard clinical assessment procedures. The authors also present one approach using kinematic data in a robot-aided assessment procedure.
ISSN:1063-6528
1558-0024
DOI:10.1109/86.662623