AIMC Topic: Physical Therapy Modalities

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How does wearable robotic exoskeleton affect overground walking performance measured with the 10-m and six-minute walk tests after a basic locomotor training in healthy individuals?

Gait & posture
It is still unknown to what extent overground walking with a WRE is equivalent to natural overground walking without a WRE. Hence, the interpretability of the 10-m (10MWT) and six-minute (6MWT) walk tests during overground walking with a WRE against ...

Robot-supported assessment of balance in standing and walking.

Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Clinically useful and efficient assessment of balance during standing and walking is especially challenging in patients with neurological disorders. However, rehabilitation robots could facilitate assessment procedures and improve their clinical valu...

Robotic Gait Training for Individuals With Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
OBJECTIVE: To identify the effects of robotic gait training practices in individuals with cerebral palsy.

Usability testing of a developed assistive robotic system with virtual assistance for individuals with cerebral palsy: a case study.

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
This paper presents a novel application of an assistive robotic system with virtual assistance to enhance manual performance of individuals with cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy affects one's voluntary motor movements resulting in limited opportunities...

Robot-Assisted Training for People With Spinal Cord Injury: A Meta-Analysis.

Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of robot-assisted training on the recovery of people with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Robotics in Lower-Limb Rehabilitation after Stroke.

Behavioural neurology
With the increase in the elderly, stroke has become a common disease, often leading to motor dysfunction and even permanent disability. Lower-limb rehabilitation robots can help patients to carry out reasonable and effective training to improve the m...

Hemorrhagic versus ischemic stroke: Who can best benefit from blended conventional physiotherapy with robotic-assisted gait therapy?

PloS one
BACKGROUND: Contrary to common belief of clinicians that hemorrhagic stroke survivors have better functional prognoses than ischemic, recent studies show that ischemic survivors could experience similar or even better functional improvements. However...

An exploration of physiotherapists' experiences of robotic therapy in upper limb rehabilitation within a stroke rehabilitation centre.

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
PURPOSE: Strokes are the world's leading cause of adult disability, with movement impairment being more common in the upper limb (UL). Robotic therapy (RT) is identified as an effective adjunct to promote movement but with limited effect on functiona...

The effectiveness of robotic-assisted gait training for paediatric gait disorders: systematic review.

Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
BACKGROUND: Robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) affords an opportunity to increase walking practice with mechanical assistance from robotic devices, rather than therapists, where the child may not be able to generate a sufficient or correct motion ...