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Ourania Tsilomitrou, Konstantinos Gkountas, Nikolaos Evangeliou and Evangelos Dermatas
This work is devoted to the presentation of a Wireless Sensor System implementation for upper limb rehabilitation to function as a complementary system for a patient?s progress supervision during rehabilitation exercises. A cost effective motion capture ...
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Zaixiang Pang, Tongyu Wang, Zhanli Wang, Junzhi Yu, Zhongbo Sun and Shuai Liu
Nowadays, patients with mild and moderate upper limb paralysis caused by cerebral apoplexy are uncomfortable with autonomous rehabilitation. In this paper, according to the ?rope + toothed belt? generalized rope drive design scheme, we design a utility m...
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Valeria Falzarano, Francesca Marini, Pietro Morasso and Jacopo Zenzeri
Neuromotor disorders negatively affect the sensorimotor system, limiting the ability to perform daily activities autonomously. Rehabilitation of upper limb impairments is therefore essential to improve independence and quality of life. In the last two de...
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Hyung Seok Nam, Nhayoung Hong, Minwoo Cho, Chiwon Lee, Han Gil Seo and Sungwan Kim
The main contribution of this study is the development of a novel concept of a rehabilitation robot for stroke, helping to close the neuro-feedback loop. To facilitate neuroplasticity, a vision-assisted control algorithm was implemented to meet user-inte...
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Daniela Tarnita, Ionut Daniel Geonea, Doina Pisla, Giuseppe Carbone, Bogdan Gherman, Nicoleta Tohanean, Paul Tucan, Cristian Abrudan and Danut Nicolae Tarnita
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 virtual prototype of the ParReEx multibody mechanism. This model is used to s...
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Ferdaws Ennaiem, Abdelbadiâ Chaker, Med Amine Laribi, Juan Sandoval, Sami Bennour, Abdelfattah Mlika, Lotfi Romdhane and Saïd Zeghloul
This paper deals with the optimal design of a planar cable-driven parallel robot (CDPR), with three degrees of freedom, intended for assisting the patient?s affected upper limb along a prescribed movement. A Qualisys motion capture system was used to rec...
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Hassan M. Qassim and W. Z. Wan Hasan
Rehabilitation is the process of treating post-stroke consequences. Impaired limbs are considered the common outcomes of stroke, which require a professional therapist to rehabilitate the impaired limbs and restore fully or partially its function. Due to...
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Rye-Kyeong Kim, Nyeonju Kang, Zeel Desai and James H. Cauraugh
Two popular chronic stroke rehabilitation protocols are robotic-assisted movements and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Separately, both protocols have produced encouraging motor recovery improvements. An intriguing question remains: what ...
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Marco Iosa, Alex Martino Cinnera, Fioravante Capone, Alessandro Cruciani, Matteo Paolucci, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro, Stefano Paolucci and Giovanni Morone
In the past two decades, many studies reported the efficacy of upper limb robotic rehabilitation in patients after stroke, also in its chronic phase. Among the possible advantages of robotic therapy over conventional therapy are the objective measurement...
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Gustaw Rzyman, Jacek Szkopek, Grzegorz Redlarski and Aleksander Palkowski
Using robotics in modern medicine is slowly becoming a common practice. However, there are still important life science fields which are currently devoid of such advanced technology. A noteworthy example of a life sciences field which would benefit from ...
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Hyung Seok Nam, Han Gil Seo, Ja-Ho Leigh, Yoon Jae Kim, Sungwan Kim and Moon Suk Bang
This study is an investigation of the practical demands of potential users of assistive rehabilitation robots from a survey performed in patients with functional upper limb impairments. While the development of simple and practical robots is becoming mor...
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Bruno Ferreira and Paulo Menezes
Recovering from a traumatic incident (e.g, a stroke) implies rigorous and demanding therapies to ensure recovery of the lost capabilities. Due to the lack of short-term visible results, stroke patients tend to lose interest in their recovery process and ...
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Betsy D. M. Chaparro-Rico, Daniele Cafolla, Marco Ceccarelli and Eduardo Castillo-Castaneda
Patients with neurological or orthopedic lesions require assistance during therapies with repetitive movements. NURSE (cassiNo-qUeretaro uppeR-limb aSsistive dEvice) is an arm movement aid device for both right- and left-upper limb. The device has a big ...
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Mohd Azzuan Ahmad, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Nor Azlin Mohd Nordin, Khor Hooi Nee and Norliza Ibrahim
Virtual reality (VR) games has the potential to improve patient outcomes in stroke rehabilitation. However, there is limited information on VR games as an adjunct to standard physiotherapy in improving upper limb function. This study involved 36 particip...
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Francesco Scotto di Luzio, Francesca Cordella, Marco Bravi, Fabio Santacaterina, Federica Bressi, Silvia Sterzi and Loredana Zollo
The central nervous system (CNS) is able to control a very high number of degrees of freedom to perform complex movements of both upper and lower limbs. However, what strategies the CNS adopts to perform complex tasks are not completely clear and are sti...
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Barbara J. Hoogenboom, Christopher J. May, Gordon J. Alderink, Brian S. Thompson and Lukas A. Gilmore
The squat, a fundamental functional movement, is prone to biomechanical inefficiencies. Several screening batteries utilize the Overhead Deep Squat (OHDS) to assess individuals for stability and mobility deficits. The purpose of this study was to create ...
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Mohamed-Amine Choukou, Sophia Mbabaali, Jasem Bani Hani and Carol Cooke
There is a plethora of technology-assisted interventions for hand therapy, however, less is known about the effectiveness of these interventions. This scoping review aims to explore studies about technology-assisted interventions targeting hand rehabilit...
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Riccardo Iandolo, Francesca Marini, Marianna Semprini, Matteo Laffranchi, Maddalena Mugnosso, Amel Cherif, Lorenzo De Michieli, Michela Chiappalone and Jacopo Zenzeri
The development of robotic devices for rehabilitation is a fast-growing field. Nowadays, thanks to novel technologies that have improved robots? capabilities and offered more cost-effective solutions, robotic devices are increasingly being employed durin...
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