Clinical validation of an individualized auto-adaptative serious game for combined cognitive and upper limb motor robotic rehabilitation after stroke.

Journal: Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Intensive rehabilitation through challenging and individualized tasks are recommended to enhance upper limb recovery after stroke. Robot-assisted therapy (RAT) and serious games could be used to enhance functional recovery by providing simultaneous motor and cognitive rehabilitation.

Authors

  • Ioannis Doumas
    Secteur des Sciences de la Santé, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Neuro Musculo Skeletal Lab (NMSK), UCLouvain, Avenue Mounier 53, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Thierry Lejeune
  • Martin Edwards
    Psychological Sciences Research Institute, UCLouvain, Place Cardinal Mercier 10, 1348, Louvain Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium.
  • Gaëtan Stoquart
    Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Neuroscience, Brussels, Belgium Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain Bionics, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Université catholique de Louvain, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Yves Vandermeeren
    Institute of Neuroscience (IoNS), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels.
  • Bruno Dehez
    Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain Bionics, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
  • Stéphanie Dehem
    Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.