Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Sep 11, 2020
BACKGROUND: Parkinson's disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET) are movement disorders that can have similar clinical characteristics including tremor and gait difficulty. These disorders can be misdiagnosed leading to delay in appropriate treatment. ...
OBJECTIVE: We investigated how light interpersonal touch (IPT) provided by a robotic system supports human individuals performing a challenging balance task compared to IPT provided by a human partner.
Performance during seated balancing is often used to assess trunk neuromuscular control, including evaluating impairments in back pain populations. Balancing in less challenging environments allows for flexibility in control, which may not depend on ...
Journal of bodywork and movement therapies
Sep 2, 2020
INTRODUCTION: One of the common impairments in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) is disturbance of gait initiation. A light touch cue improves postural stability in patients with PD. Little is known about the effects of a light touch cue on gait...
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Aug 10, 2020
BACKGROUND: Body weight support systems with three or more degrees of freedom (3-DoF) are permissive and safe environments that provide unloading and allow unrestricted movement in any direction. This enables training of walking and balance control a...
Balance impairment is critical for many patient groups such as those with neural and musculoskeletal disorders and also the elderly. Accurate and objective assessment of balance performance has led to the development of several indices based on the m...
Gyroscopic actuators are appealing for wearable applications due to their ability to provide overground balance support without obstructing the legs. Multiple wearable robots using this actuation principle have been proposed, but none has yet been ev...
BACKGROUND: Falls in the elderly are a major public health concern because of their high incidence, the involvement of many risk factors, the considerable post-fall morbidity and mortality, and the health-related and social costs. Given that many fal...
BACKGROUND: Parkinson's disease is one of the most frequent causes of disability among the older adults. It is a chronic-progressive neuro-degenerative disease, characterized by several motor disorders. Balance disorders are a symptom that involves t...
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) may be caused by Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease (PD), cerebrovascular accident, nutritional or metabolic disorders, or mental disorders. It is important to determine the cause and treatment of dementia as ear...
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