The future of upper extremity rehabilitation robotics: research and practice

The loss of upper limb motor function can have a devastating effect on people's lives. To restore upper limb control and functionality, researchers and clinicians have developed interfaces to interact directly with the human body's motor system. In this invited review, we aim to provide de...

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Published in:Muscle & nerve 2020-06, Vol.61 (6), p.708-718
Main Authors: Vu, Philip P., Chestek, Cynthia A., Nason, Samuel R., Kung, Theodore A., Kemp, Stephen W.P., Cederna, Paul S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amputees - rehabilitation
Biomedical Research - methods
Biomedical Research - trends
Brain
Brain-Computer Interfaces - trends
brain‐machine interfaces
electrophysiology
Forecasting
Human motion
Humans
Interfaces
neural decoding
neuroprosthetics
peripheral nerve interfaces
Peripheral nerves
Recovery of function
Rehabilitation
rehabilitation robotics
Rehabilitation robots
Robotics
Robotics - methods
Robotics - trends
Spinal Cord Injuries - physiopathology
Spinal Cord Injuries - rehabilitation
Upper Extremity - physiology
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Summary:The loss of upper limb motor function can have a devastating effect on people's lives. To restore upper limb control and functionality, researchers and clinicians have developed interfaces to interact directly with the human body's motor system. In this invited review, we aim to provide details on the peripheral nerve interfaces and brain‐machine interfaces that have been developed in the past 30 years for upper extremity control, and we highlight the challenges that still remain to transition the technology into the clinical market. The findings show that peripheral nerve interfaces and brain‐machine interfaces have many similar characteristics that enable them to be concurrently developed. Decoding neural information from both interfaces may lead to novel physiological models that may one day fully restore upper limb motor function for a growing patient population.
ISSN:0148-639X
1097-4598
DOI:10.1002/mus.26860