Rehabilitation robots for the treatment of sensorimotor deficits: a neurophysiological perspective

R Gassert, V Dietz - Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2018 - Springer
The past decades have seen rapid and vast developments of robots for the rehabilitation of
sensorimotor deficits after damage to the central nervous system (CNS). Many of these …

Effects of robot-assisted therapy for the upper limb after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JM Veerbeek… - … and neural repair, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Robot technology for poststroke rehabilitation is developing rapidly. A number
of new randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have investigated the effects of robot-assisted …

Developments in hardware systems of active upper-limb exoskeleton robots: A review

R Gopura, DSV Bandara, K Kiguchi… - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2016 - Elsevier
The very first application of active exoskeleton robot was to provide external power to a
soldier so that he can carry additional weight than his strength. Since then this technology …

Training modalities in robot-mediated upper limb rehabilitation in stroke: a framework for classification based on a systematic review

A Basteris, SM Nijenhuis, AHA Stienen… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2014 - Springer
Robot-mediated post-stroke therapy for the upper-extremity dates back to the 1990s. Since
then, a number of robotic devices have become commercially available. There is clear …

Robotics for rehabilitation of hand movement in stroke survivors

F Aggogeri, T Mikolajczyk… - Advances in Mechanical …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article aims to give an overall review of research status in hand rehabilitation robotic
technology, evaluating a number of devices. The main scope is to explore the current state …

Academic review and perspectives on robotic exoskeletons

G Bao, L Pan, H Fang, X Wu, H Yu… - … on Neural Systems …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Since the first robotic exoskeleton was developed in 1960, this research field has attracted
much interest from both the academic and industrial communities resulting in scientific …

ANYexo: A versatile and dynamic upper-limb rehabilitation robot

Y Zimmermann, A Forino, R Riener… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a versatile upper-limb exoskeleton based on low-impedance torque
controllable series elastic actuators. This experimental platform is designed to validate novel …

Co-design and evaluation of an intelligent decision support system for stroke rehabilitation assessment

MH Lee, DP Siewiorek, A Smailagic… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Clinical decision support systems have the potential to improve work flows of experts in
practice (eg therapist's evidence-based rehabilitation assessment). However, the adoption …

Design and experimental characterization of a shoulder-elbow exoskeleton with compliant joints for post-stroke rehabilitation

E Trigili, S Crea, M Moisè, A Baldoni… - IEEE/ASME …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design and experimental characterization of a 4-degree-of-freedom
shoulder-elbow exoskeleton, NeuroExos Shoulder-elbow Module (NESM), for upper-limb …

The present and future of robotic technology in rehabilitation

J Laut, M Porfiri, P Raghavan - Current physical medicine and …, 2016 - Springer
Robotic technology designed to assist rehabilitation can potentially increase the efficiency
of, and accessibility to, therapy by assisting therapists to provide consistent training for …