A new robot can help patients who have suffered a stroke regain arm movements, according to researchers at Brown Univ. Strokes often leave victims with physical disabilities such as weakness in upper limbs and limited movement. The robot, MIT-Manus, is designed to attach to a patient's arms ...
Robotic arm rehabilitation is a commonly used intervention for treating impaired motor function in the arm, wrist, or shoulder subsequent to stroke. The robotic arm rehabilitation in this study targeted the right arm, as the participants had each suffered a left hemi...
Left: subject using the RobExReha system with the HoloLens for the gaming application. Right: arm-robot interface used by a patient during the therapy with the RobExReha system Full size image Fig. 2 Arm-robot interface of the RobExReha system: Picture A and B show the elbow brace, pictur...
Yildiz A, Ahmed I, Mustafaoglu R, Kesiktas FN (2024) Effects of robot-assisted arm training on respiratory muscle strength, activities of daily living, and quality of life in patients with stroke: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial. Physiother Theory Pract 1–9. https://doi.org/10...
Effects of robotic therapy on motor impairment and recovery in chronic stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003;84:477-82. Objective: To examine whether robotic therapy can reduce motor impairment and enhance recovery of the hemiparetic arm in persons with chronic stroke. Design: Pre-posttest design. ...
While having a single therapist supervise multiple patients in a robotic gym may be cost-effective, there is a risk of divided attention: a therapist may not be able to effectively monitor all the patients, leading to suboptimal therapy. For example, if a device trains elbow flexion/extension,...
Introduction/Background Upper limb (UL) robotic assisted therapy (RAT) is a powerful promising tool for stroke rehabilitation, particularly in the early stage. Associated to conventional therapy (CT), studies agreed that RAT decrease UL impairment. When it is provided as substitution, RAT is at ...
The development of such a therapy is presented in this paper. Robotic devices are particularly suited for implementing post-stroke therapies, with a specific focus on movement intensity. Rehabilitation robots enable patients to practice well-specified motor actions and can deliver an appropriate amount ...
Once the robotic hand therapy devices are built, they will be sent to UC-Irvine for testing with patients. The patient’s ability will be measured before and after training with the robotic exoskeleton. Wolbrecht said robotic devices have been used for the last 20 years for rehabilitation, but...
This kind of therapy is an expensive procedure in terms of human resources and time, and the increase of both life expectance of world population and incidence of stroke is making the administration of such therapies more and more important. The development of new robotic devices for ...