Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Nov 15, 2014
OBJECTIVE: To compare response to upper-limb treatment using robotics plus motor learning (ML) versus functional electrical stimulation (FES) plus ML versus ML alone, according to a measure of complex functional everyday tasks for chronic, severely i...
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
Mar 10, 2014
PURPOSE: This study investigates the effectiveness of Lokomat + conventional therapy in recovering walking ability in non-ambulatory subacute stroke subjects involved in inpatient rehabilitation.
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
Dec 31, 2013
PURPOSE: An electromyography-driven robot system integrated with neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) was developed to investigate its effectiveness on post-stroke rehabilitation.
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
Dec 9, 2013
Ankle rehabilitation robots can play an important role in improving outcomes of the rehabilitation treatment by assisting therapists and patients in number of ways. Consequently, few robot designs have been proposed by researchers which fall under ei...
Australian occupational therapy journal
Apr 1, 2025
INTRODUCTION: There is a limited understanding of therapist acceptance and use of robot-assisted upper limb therapy (RT-ULT) in routine practice. The aim of this study was to explore the factors that influence Australian therapist acceptance and use ...
Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy
Jan 1, 2025
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Throwing a baseball involves intense exposure of the arm to high speeds and powerful forces, which contributes to an increasing prevalence of arm injuries among athletes. Traditional rigid exoskeletons and rehabilitation equip...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2024
BACKGROUND: Despite the explosive increase in interest regarding Robot-Assisted Walking Training (RAWT) for stroke patients, very few studies have divided groups according to the severity levels of patients and conducted studies on the effects of RAW...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Sep 1, 2023
Assist-as-needed (AAN) is a paradigm in rehabilitation robotics based on the fact that more active participation from human users promotes faster recovery of motor functions. Moreover, the patients and public engaged and involved in our research desi...
IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Sep 1, 2023
The development of humanoids with bimanual manipulator arms may facilitate assistive robots to perform physical therapy with older adults living at home. As we assume the human-human interaction to be the gold standard of physical therapy, we propose...