BACKGROUND: Although clinical machine learning (ML) algorithms offer promising potential in forecasting optimal stroke rehabilitation outcomes, their specific capacity to ascertain favorable outcomes and identify responders to robotic-assisted gait t...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Sep 1, 2023
Monitoring the human-exoskeleton interface (HEI) is vital for user safety in assistive exoskeletons. Considering interaction forces during design can improve comfort and efficiency and reduce resistance and inertia. Challenges include covering the lo...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Sep 1, 2023
This work describes a three-degrees-of-freedom rehabilitation exoskeleton robot for wrist articulation movement: the Biomech-Wrist. The proposed development includes the design requirements based on the biomechanics and anthropometric features of the...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Sep 1, 2023
Robotic rehabilitation has demonstrated slight positive effects compared to traditional care, but there is still a lack of targeted high-level control strategies in the current state-of-the-art for minimizing pathological motor behaviors. In this stu...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Sep 1, 2023
Rehabilitation robotics combined with virtual reality using head-mounted displays enable naturalistic, immersive, and motivating therapy for people after stroke. There is growing interest in employing digital twins in robotic neurore-habilitation, e....
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Sep 1, 2023
When it comes to robotic-mediated rehabilitation it is mandatory to design a system that guarantees a safe and compliant human-machine interaction. Dealing with rehabilitative upper limb exoskeletons, Series Elastic Actuators offer a potential soluti...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Sep 1, 2023
High transparency is a fundamental requirement for upper-limb exoskeletons to promote active patient participation. Although various control strategies have been suggested to improve the transparency of these robots, there are still some limitations,...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Sep 1, 2023
The use of portable and lightweight wearable assistive devices can improve wearer locomotion efficiency by reducing the metabolic cost of walking. To achieve this goal, assistive technologies must adapt to different locomotion modes to optimize walki...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Sep 1, 2023
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) causes permanent disabilities, such as foot drop. This condition affects the gait pattern, increasing the metabolic cost and risk of falling. Robotics with serious games has shown promising results in the gait rehabilitati...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Sep 1, 2023
Soft exosuits hold promise as assistive technology for people with gait deficits owing to a variety of causes. A key aspect of providing useful assistance is to keep the human user at the center of all considerations made in the design, configuration...
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