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ReviewJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2017

Robot-assisted assessment of muscle strength.

Marco Toigo, Martin Flück, Robert Riener, Verena Klamroth-Marganska

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Review in Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Marco ToigoLaboratory for Muscle Plasticity, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. marco.toigo@oym.ch.
Martin FlückLaboratory for Muscle Plasticity, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Robert RienerSensory-Motor Systems Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Verena Klamroth-MarganskaSensory-Motor Systems Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. verena.klamroth@hest.ethz.ch.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Impairment of neuromuscular function in neurological disorders leads to reductions in muscle force, which may lower quality of life. Rehabilitation robots that are equipped with sensors are able to quantify the extent of muscle force impairment and to monitor a patient during the process of neurorehabilitation with sensitive and objective assessment methods. In this article, we provide an overview of fundamental aspects of muscle function and how the corresponding variables can be quantified by means of meaningful robotic assessments that are primarily oriented towards upper limb neurorehabilitation. We discuss new concepts for the assessment of muscle function, and present an overview of the currently available systems for upper limb measurements. These considerations culminate in practical recommendations and caveats for the rational quantification of force magnitude, force direction, moment of a force, impulse, critical force (neuromuscular fatigue threshold) and state and trait levels of fatigue.

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HumansMuscle StrengthNervous System DiseasesNeurological RehabilitationRoboticsUpper ExtremityAssessmentNeuromuscularNeurorehabilitationRobotSensorimotorUpper extremity

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PMID29020968
PMCPMC5637351

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