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Efficacy of Robot-Assisted Training on Rehabilitation of Upper Limb Function in Patients With Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVE: To systematically evaluate the effect of robot-assisted training (RAT) on upper limb func...

Mobile Robotic Balance Assistant (MRBA): a gait assistive and fall intervention robot for daily living.

BACKGROUND: Aging degrades the balance and locomotion ability due to frailty and pathological condit...

Effect of gait distance during robot training on walking independence after acute brain injury.

This study aimed to determine whether the distance of gait training using a hybrid assistive limb (H...

Intraoperative mean arterial pressure and acute kidney injury after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: a retrospective study.

Intraoperative hemodynamics can affect postoperative kidney function. We aimed to investigate the ef...

Deep learning augmented ECG analysis to identify biomarker-defined myocardial injury.

Chest pain is a common clinical complaint for which myocardial injury is the primary concern and is ...

Android robot was beneficial for communication rehabilitation in a patient with schizophrenia comorbid with autism spectrum disorders.

A 3-DoF robotic platform for the rehabilitation and assessment of reaction time and balance skills of MS patients.

The central nervous system (CNS) exploits anticipatory (APAs) and compensatory (CPAs) postural adjus...

Rehabilitation approach in robot assisted total knee arthroplasty: an observational study.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) wit...

One step surgical scene restoration for robot assisted minimally invasive surgery.

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) offers several advantages to patients including minimum blood loss ...

Control strategies used in lower limb exoskeletons for gait rehabilitation after brain injury: a systematic review and analysis of clinical effectiveness.

BACKGROUND: In the past decade, there has been substantial progress in the development of robotic co...

Glenohumeral joint trajectory tracking for improving the shoulder compliance of the upper limb rehabilitation robot.

BACKGROUND: Exoskeletons have become an important tool to help patients with upper extremity motor d...

Quantification of Comfort for the Development of Binding Parts in a Standing Rehabilitation Robot.

Human-machine interfaces (HMI) refer to the physical interaction between a user and rehabilitation r...

Effect of robot-assisted stair climbing training as part of a rehabilitation program to improve pulmonary function, gait performance, balance, and exercise capacity in a patient after severe coronavirus disease 2019: a case report.

BACKGROUND: Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection may decrease respiratory and physic...

Visual classification of pressure injury stages for nurses: A deep learning model applying modern convolutional neural networks.

AIMS: To develop a deep learning model for pressure injury stages classification based on real-world...

Human Factor Engineering Research for Rehabilitation Robots: A Systematic Review.

The application of human factors engineering for rehabilitation robots is based on a "human-centered...

Dynamic analysis and control of a hybrid lower limb rehabilitation robot to reduce human-robot interaction forces.

This study presents a model of cooperation between two planar manipulators including an orthosis and...

Simultaneous Segmentation and Classification of Pressure Injury Image Data Using Mask-R-CNN.

BACKGROUND: Pressure injuries (PIs) impose a substantial burden on patients, caregivers, and healthc...

Restoring arm function with a soft robotic wearable for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Despite promising results in the rehabilitation field, it remains unclear whether upper limb robotic...

A Deep-Learning Based Real-Time Prediction of Seated Postural Limits and Its Application in Trunk Rehabilitation.

Seated postural limit defines the boundary of a region such that for any excursions made outside thi...

Cautious Optimism: Artificial Intelligence and Acute Kidney Injury.

Neurorobotics and neuroprostheses: Towards a new anatomy.

The idea of this Special Issue arose from the technological advances in bionic, robotic, and neural ...