ArticleJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2017
Adaptive hybrid robotic system for rehabilitation of reaching movement after a brain injury: a usability study.
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- A systematic review on the usability of robotic and virtual reality devices in neuromotor rehabilitation: patients' and healthcare professionals' perspective.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- Quantitative Assessment of Upper Limb Movement in Post-Stroke Adults for Identification of Sensitive Measures in Reaching and Lifting Activities.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Converging Robotic Technologies in Targeted Neural Rehabilitation: A Review of Emerging Solutions and Challenges.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Robot-Assisted Therapy and Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for Motor Recovery in Stroke: Results From a Randomized Clinical Trial.Frontiers in neurorobotics · 2021Article
- Brain-Machine Neurofeedback: Robotics or Electrical Stimulation?Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Article
- Treatments and rehabilitation in the acute and chronic state of traumatic brain injury.Journal of internal medicine · 2019Review
- Mobile Mechatronic/Robotic Orthotic Devices to Assist-Rehabilitate Neuromotor Impairments in the Upper Limb: A Systematic and Synthetic Review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundBrain injury survivors often present upper-limb motor impairment affecting the execution of functional activities such as reaching. A currently active research line seeking to maximize upper-limb motor recovery after a brain injury, deals with the combined use of functional electrical stimulation (FES) and mechanical supporting devices, in what has been previously termed hybrid robotic systems. This study evaluates from the technical and clinical perspectives the usability of an integrated hybrid robotic system for the rehabilitation of upper-limb reaching movements after a brain lesion affecting the motor function.
methodsThe presented system is comprised of four main components. The hybrid assistance is given by a passive exoskeleton to support the arm weight against gravity and a functional electrical stimulation device to assist the execution of the reaching task. The feedback error learning (FEL) controller was implemented to adjust the intensity of the electrical stimuli delivered on target muscles according to the performance of the users. This control strategy is based on a proportional-integral-derivative feedback controller and an artificial neural network as the feedforward controller. Two experiments were carried out in this evaluation. First, the technical viability and the performance of the implemented FEL controller was evaluated in healthy subjects (N = 12). Second, a small cohort of patients with a brain injury (N = 4) participated in two experimental session to evaluate the system performance. Also, the overall satisfaction and emotional response of the users after they used the system was assessed.
resultsIn the experiment with healthy subjects, a significant reduction of the tracking error was found during the execution of reaching movements. In the experiment with patients, a decreasing trend of the error trajectory was found together with an increasing trend in the task performance as the movement was repeated. Brain injury patients expressed a great acceptance in using the system as a rehabilitation tool.
conclusionsThe study demonstrates the technical feasibility of using the hybrid robotic system for reaching rehabilitation. Patients' reports on the received intervention reveal a great satisfaction and acceptance of the hybrid robotic system.
trial registrationRetrospective trial registration in ISRCTN Register with study ID ISRCTN12843006 .
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