ReviewFrontiers in neurology2013
Neurophysiology of robot-mediated training and therapy: a perspective for future use in clinical populations.
Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Robot-Aided Assessment and Rehabilitation of Upper Extremity Function After Stroke
Effects of Robot-assistED Rehabilitation Versus OccupatIonal Therapy on the Functional Recovery of the Upper Limb in PatiEnts with Chronic STroke: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of robotic-assisted upper extremity therapy for stroke patients in different recovery phases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Utilizing mobile robotics for pelvic perturbations to improve balance and cognitive performance in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Abnormal synergistic gait mitigation in acute stroke using an innovative ankle-knee-hip interlimb humanoid robot: a preliminary randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Shaping neuroplasticity by using powered exoskeletons in patients with stroke: a randomized clinical trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2018Trial
- Robotic Assistance for Training Finger Movement Using a Hebbian Model: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2017Trial
- Intelligent Robot-Aided, Task-Oriented Physiotherapy Method for Upper Limb Rehabilitation: Development and Usability Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2026Article
- Robotic Training Using a Novel Upper-Limb Hybrid Assistive Limb After Brachial Plexus Injury: An Electrophysiological Observational Case Series Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Robotic Rehabilitation in Spinal Cord Injury: Neurophysiological Basis and Severity-Based Clinical Framework.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Therapeutic Benefits of Robotics and Exoskeletons for Gait and Postural Balance Among Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Glial Cell Reprogramming in Ischemic Stroke: A Review of Recent Advancements and Translational Challenges.Translational stroke research · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of intelligent robotic-assisted training system combined with repetitive facilitative exercise on upper limb motor function after stroke: a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Active role of participants in neuroempowerment training and supportive neurotechnologies: a theoretical-methodological perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- May the force be with you: exploring force discrimination in chimpanzees using the force-feedback device.Primates; journal of primatology · 2024Article
- Rehabilitation Training after Spinal Cord Injury Affects Brain Structure and Function: From Mechanisms to Methods.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Feasibility and Efficacy of the Newly Developed Robotic Hybrid Assistive Limb Shoulder Exercises in Patients with C5 Palsy during the Acute Postoperative Phase.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- The effectiveness of robotic-assisted upper limb rehabilitation to improve upper limb function in patients with cervical spinal cord injuries: a systematic literature review.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- sEMG-Based Gain-Tuned Compliance Control for the Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robot during Passive Training.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Relation between Cortical Activation and Effort during Robot-Mediated Walking in Healthy People: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Neuroimaging Study (fNIRS).Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Machine learning predicts clinically significant health related quality of life improvement after sensorimotor rehabilitation interventions in chronic stroke.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Alteration of muscle activity during voluntary rehabilitation training with single-joint Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) in patients with shoulder elevation dysfunction from cervical origin.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
The recovery of functional movements following injury to the central nervous system (CNS) is multifaceted and is accompanied by processes occurring in the injured and non-injured hemispheres of the brain or above/below a spinal cord lesion. The changes in the CNS are the consequence of functional and structural processes collectively termed neuroplasticity and these may occur spontaneously and/or be induced by movement practice. The neurophysiological mechanisms underlying such brain plasticity may take different forms in different types of injury, for example stroke vs. spinal cord injury (SCI). Recovery of movement can be enhanced by intensive, repetitive, variable, and rewarding motor practice. To this end, robots that enable or facilitate repetitive movements have been developed to assist recovery and rehabilitation. Here, we suggest that some elements of robot-mediated training such as assistance and perturbation may have the potential to enhance neuroplasticity. Together the elemental components for developing integrated robot-mediated training protocols may form part of a neurorehabilitation framework alongside those methods already employed by therapists. Robots could thus open up a wider choice of options for delivering movement rehabilitation grounded on the principles underpinning neuroplasticity in the human CNS.
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