Robot-Assisted End-Effector-Based Stair Climbing for Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: Feasibility, Reliability, and Repeatability.

Journal: PloS one
Published Date: Feb 5, 2016

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Neurological impairments can limit the implementation of conventional cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and cardiovascular training strategies. A promising approach to provoke cardiovascular stress while facilitating task-specific exercise in people with disabilities is feedback-controlled robot-assisted end-effector-based stair climbing (RASC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, reliability, and repeatability of augmented RASC-based CPET in able-bodied subjects, with a view towards future research and applications in neurologically impaired populations.

Authors

  • Oliver Stoller
    Department of Engineering and Information Technology (O.S., M.S., C.S.A., K.J.H.), Institute for Rehabilitation and Performance Technology, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf, Switzerland; Department of Epidemiology (O.S., E.D.B., R.A.B.), Maastricht University and Caphri Research School, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Research Department (O.S., M.S., C.S.A., K.J.H.), Reha Rheinfelden, Rheinfelden, Switzerland; Department of Health Sciences and Technology (E.D.B.), Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; and Centre for Evidence Based Physiotherapy (E.D.B., R.A.B.), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
  • Matthias Schindelholz
  • Kenneth J Hunt

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