ArticleJournal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineering
Affordable stroke therapy in high-, low- and middle-income countries: From Theradrive to Rehab CARES, a compact robot gym.
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Usability and Effectiveness of a Novel Bilateral Upper Limb Training Device for Stroke Patients With Hemiparesis: A Preliminary Study
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pragmatic Solutions for Stroke Recovery and Improved Quality of Life in Low- and Middle-Income Countries-A Systematic Review.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Pooled it
- Implementing Rehabilitation Robotics in Routine Care: A Mapping Review of Service Delivery Models, Implementation Determinants, Strategies, and Real-World Outcomes.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- General Purpose Haptic/Biometric-Based Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment for Post-Stroke Upper-Limb Rehabilitation Games.IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings] · 2025Article
- A novel seamless magnetic-based actuating mechanism for end-effector-based robotic rehabilitation platforms.IEEE robotics and automation letters · 2025Article
- Clinician perceptions of a novel wearable robotic hand orthosis for post-stroke hemiparesis.Disability and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Pragmatic recommendations to improve access to rehabilitation robots, assistive technologies and neurorehabilitation services in Africa: proceedings from ICORR-SASNET Ghana neurorehabilitation workshop, 2024.Frontiers in stroke · 2025Article
- TheraDyad: Feasibility of an Affordable Robot for Multi-User Stroke Rehabilitation.Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics · 2024Article
- The Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Robot-Based Upper-Limb Motor Assessment in Chronic Stroke.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2022Article
- Sports Energy Consumption Evaluation Based on Improved Adaptive Weighted Data Fusion Energy-Saving Algorithm.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2022Article
- Neurorehabilitation From a Distance: Can Intelligent Technology Support Decentralized Access to Quality Therapy?Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Article
- Robot-Based Assessment of HIV-Related Motor and Cognitive Impairment for Neurorehabilitation.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2021Article
- Robot-based assessment of HIV-related motor and cognitive impairment for neurorehabilitation.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2020Article
- Designing robot-assisted neurorehabilitation strategies for people with both HIV and stroke.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2018Review
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Abstract
Affordable technology-assisted stroke rehabilitation approaches can improve access to rehabilitation for low-resource environments characterized by the limited availability of rehabilitation experts and poor rehabilitation infrastructure. This paper describes the evolution of an approach to the implementation of affordable, technology-assisted stroke rehabilitation which relies on low-cost mechatronic/robot devices integrated with off-the-shelf or custom games. Important lessons learned from the evolution and use of Theradrive in the USA and in Mexico are briefly described. We present how a stronger and more compact version of the Theradrive is leveraged in the development of a new low-cost, all-in-one robot gym with four exercise stations for upper and lower limb therapy called Rehab Community-based Affordable Robot Exercise System (Rehab C.A.R.E.S). Three of the exercise stations are designed to accommodate versions of the 1 DOF haptic Theradrive with different custom handles or off-the-shelf commercial motion machine. The fourth station leverages a unique configuration of Wii-boards. Overall, results from testing versions of Theradrive in USA and Mexico in a robot gym suggest that the resulting presentation of the Rehab C.A.R.E.S robot gym can be deployed as an affordable computer/robot-assisted solution for stroke rehabilitation in developed and developing countries.
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