Robotic home-based rehabilitation systems design: from a literature review to a conceptual framework for community-based remote therapy during COVID-19 …

A Akbari, F Haghverd, S Behbahani - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 - frontiersin.org
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the higher susceptibility of post-stroke patients to infection
calls for extra safety precautions. Despite the imposed restrictions, early neurorehabilitation …

Multi-objective optimal design of a cable driven parallel robot for rehabilitation tasks

IB Hamida, MA Laribi, A Mlika, L Romdhane… - … and Machine Theory, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the topological and dimensional synthesis of cable-driven parallel
robots. A combined methodology for type and size optimization is proposed and applied to a …

CUBE, a cable-driven device for limb rehabilitation

D Cafolla, M Russo, G Carbone - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2019 - Springer
In this paper, a novel cable-driven parallel robot, CUBE, is introduced for the assistance of
patients in rehabilitation exercising of both upper and lower limbs. The system is …

On the optimal design of cable driven parallel robot with a prescribed workspace for upper limb rehabilitation tasks

MA Laribi, G Carbone, S Zeghloul - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2019 - Springer
This paper deals with an optimization approach to design a cable driven parallel robot
intended for upper limb rehabilitation tasks. The cable driven parallel robots have …

Serious games strategies with cable-driven robots for bimanual rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial with post-stroke patients

T Alves, RS Gonçalves, G Carbone - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cable-driven robots can be an ideal fit for performing post-stroke rehabilitation due to their
specific features. For example, they have small and lightweight moving parts and a relatively …

Dynamic analysis of a spherical parallel robot used for brachial monoparesis rehabilitation

ID Geonea, D Tarnita, D Pisla, G Carbone, A Bolcu… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents studies on the dynamic analysis of the ASPIRE robot, which was
designed for the medical recovery of brachial monoparesis. It starts from the virtual model of …

Fuzzy logic-based risk assessment of a parallel robot for elbow and wrist rehabilitation

P Tucan, B Gherman, K Major, C Vaida, Z Major… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
A few decades ago, robotics started to be implemented in the medical field, especially in the
rehabilitation of patients with different neurological diseases that have led to neuromuscular …

Risk-based assessment engineering of a parallel robot used in post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation

P Tucan, C Vaida, N Plitea, A Pisla, G Carbone, D Pisla - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Recently, robotic-assisted stroke rehabilitation became an important research topic due to its
capability to provide complex solutions to perform the customized rehabilitation motion with …

Optimization of the ASPIRE spherical parallel rehabilitation robot based on its clinical evaluation

P Tucan, C Vaida, I Ulinici, A Banica, A Burz… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The paper presents the design optimization of the ASPIRE spherical parallel robot for
shoulder rehabilitation following clinical evaluation and clinicians' feedback. After the …

Analysis of dynamic behavior of parreex robot used in upper limb rehabilitation

D Tarnita, ID Geonea, D Pisla, G Carbone… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a dynamic analysis of the ParReEx multibody mechanism, which has
been designed for human wrist joint rehabilitation. The starting point of the research is a …