ReviewJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2017
Robot-supported assessment of balance in standing and walking.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Use of Lower Limb Exoskeletons as an Assessment Tool for Human Motor Performance: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- Utilizing mobile robotics for pelvic perturbations to improve balance and cognitive performance in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Effects of Balance Exercise Assist Robot training for patients with hemiparetic stroke: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2022Trial
- Comparing Virtual Reality and Robotic Training Effects on Balance Ability and Confidence in Older Adults.Applied sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Development and Evaluation of BenchBalance: A System for Benchmarking Balance Capabilities of Wearable Robots and Their Users.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Safety Assessment of Rehabilitation Robots: A Review Identifying Safety Skills and Current Knowledge Gaps.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Review
- Promoting Functional and Independent Sitting in Children With Cerebral Palsy Using the Robotic Trunk Support Trainer.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2020Article
- The Impact of Robotic Rehabilitation on the Motor System in Neurological Diseases. A Multimodal Neurophysiological Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Controller synthesis and clinical exploration of wearable gyroscopic actuators to support human balance.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- A review of computational approaches for evaluation of rehabilitation exercises.Computers in biology and medicine · 2020Review
- Biarticular muscles are most responsive to upper-body pitch perturbations in human standing.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Kinematic, kinetic, and electromyographic characteristics during quiet standing on a balance exercise assist robot.Journal of physical therapy science · 2018Article
- Feasibility of robot-based perturbed-balance training during treadmill walking in a high-functioning chronic stroke subject: a case-control study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Development of KIINCE: A kinetic feedback-based robotic environment for study of neuromuscular coordination and rehabilitation of human standing and walking.Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineeringArticle
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Abstract
Clinically useful and efficient assessment of balance during standing and walking is especially challenging in patients with neurological disorders. However, rehabilitation robots could facilitate assessment procedures and improve their clinical value. We present a short overview of balance assessment in clinical practice and in posturography. Based on this overview, we evaluate the potential use of robotic tools for such assessment. The novelty and assumed main benefits of using robots for assessment are their ability to assess 'severely affected' patients by providing assistance-as-needed, as well as to provide consistent perturbations during standing and walking while measuring the patient's reactions. We provide a classification of robotic devices on three aspects relevant to their potential application for balance assessment: 1) how the device interacts with the body, 2) in what sense the device is mobile, and 3) on what surface the person stands or walks when using the device. As examples, nine types of robotic devices are described, classified and evaluated for their suitability for balance assessment. Two example cases of robotic assessments based on perturbations during walking are presented. We conclude that robotic devices are promising and can become useful and relevant tools for assessment of balance in patients with neurological disorders, both in research and in clinical use. Robotic assessment holds the promise to provide increasingly detailed assessment that allows to individually tailor rehabilitation training, which may eventually improve training effectiveness.
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