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A proposal for patient-tailored supervision of movement performance during end-effector-based robot-assisted rehabilitation of the upper extremities.

Millions of people worldwide suffer from stroke each year. One way to assist patients cost-effective...

A cable-driven wrist robotic rehabilitator using a novel torque-field controller for human motion training.

Rehabilitation technologies have great potentials in assisted motion training for stroke patients. C...

Trunk robot rehabilitation training with active stepping reorganizes and enriches trunk motor cortex representations in spinal transected rats.

Trunk motor control is crucial for postural stability and propulsion after low thoracic spinal cord ...

Robot assisted upper limb therapy combined with upper limb rehabilitation was at least as effective on a range of outcomes, and cost less to deliver, as an equal dose of upper limb rehabilitation alone for people with stroke.

[Exoskeletons for rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injuries. Options and limitations].

BACKGROUND: Mobile exoskeletons are increasingly being applied in the course of rehabilitation and p...

Do all sub acute stroke patients benefit from robot-assisted therapy? A retrospective study.

PURPOSE: Upper limb robot-assisted rehabilitation is a highly intensive therapy, mainly recommended ...

Planning, execution and monitoring of physical rehabilitation therapies with a robotic architecture.

Traditional methods of rehabilitation require continuous attention of therapists during the therapy ...

Improved walking ability with wearable robot-assisted training in patients suffering chronic stroke.

Wearable robotic devices provide safe and intensive rehabilitation, enabling repeated motions for mo...

Trajectory planning and mechanic's analysis of lower limb rehabilitation robot.

A new rehabilitation robot was designed. The robot included a suspension mechanism, a drive unit, an...

Design of a quasi-passive 3 DOFs ankle-foot wearable rehabilitation orthosis.

Muscular rigidity and atrophy caused by long-term underactivity usually lead to foot drop, strepheno...

Robot-assisted humanized passive rehabilitation training based on online assessment and regulation.

Robot-assisted rehabilitation has been developed and proved effective for motion function recovery. ...

Experiments and kinematics analysis of a hand rehabilitation exoskeleton with circuitous joints.

Aiming at the hand rehabilitation of stroke patients, a wearable hand exoskeleton with circuitous jo...

Development of wrist rehabilitation robot and interface system.

The authors have developed a practical wrist rehabilitation robot for hemiplegic patients. It consis...

Modeling and design of a tendon actuated soft robotic exoskeleton for hemiparetic upper limb rehabilitation.

Robotic technology has recently been explored as a means to rehabilitate and assist individuals suff...

Assessing neuro-motor recovery in a stroke survivor with high-resolution EEG, robotics and Virtual Reality.

One post-stroke patient underwent neuro-motor rehabilitation of one upper limb with a novel system c...

An arm for a leg: Adapting a robotic arm for gait rehabilitation.

The purpose of this study was to adapt a multipurpose robotic arm for gait rehabilitation. An advant...

Sodium thiosulfate for the treatment of warfarin-induced calciphylaxis in a nondialysis patient.

Calciphylaxis or uremic arteriolopathy is a complex process typically seen in patients with end-stag...

Hepatoprotective Activity of Water Extracts from Chaga Medicinal Mushroom, Inonotus obliquus (Higher Basidiomycetes) Against Tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Oxidative Liver Injury in Primary Cultured Rat Hepatocytes.

We examined the hepatoprotective activity of Inonotus obliquus water extract (IO-W) against tert-but...