AIMC Topic: Self-Help Devices

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Emerging technologies and their potential for generating new assistive technologies.

Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA
Limited access to assistive technology (AT) is a well-recognized global challenge. Emerging technologies have potential to develop new assistive products and bridge some of the gaps in access to AT. However, limited analyses exist on the potential of...

The Effects of EMG-Based Classification and Robot Control Method on User's Neuromuscular Effort during Real-Time Assistive Hand Exoskeleton Operation.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
EMG-based intention recognition and assistive device control are often developed separately, which can lead to the unintended consequence of requiring excessive muscular effort and fatigue during operation. In this paper, we address two important asp...

Lower limb rehabilitation robotics: The current understanding and technology.

Work (Reading, Mass.)
BACKGROUND: With the increasing rate of ambulatory disabilities and rise in the elderly population, advance methods to deliver the rehabilitation and assistive services to patients have become important. Lower limb robotic therapeutic and assistive a...

The Ethics of Socially Assistive Robots in Aged Care. A Focus Group Study With Older Adults in Flanders, Belgium.

The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences
OBJECTIVES: Socially assistive robots (SARs) need to be studied from older adults' perspective, given their predicted future ubiquity in aged-care settings. Current ethical discourses on SARs in aged care are uninformed by primary stakeholders' ethic...

Factors affecting the usability of an assistive soft robotic glove after stroke or multiple sclerosis.

Journal of rehabilitation medicine
OBJECTIVE: To explore the usability and effects of an assistive soft robotic glove in the home setting after stroke or multiple sclerosis.

Modeling engagement in long-term, in-home socially assistive robot interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders.

Science robotics
Socially assistive robotics (SAR) has great potential to provide accessible, affordable, and personalized therapeutic interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, human-robot interaction (HRI) methods are still limited in...

Assessment of Usability and Task Load Demand Using a Robot-Assisted Transfer Device Compared With a Hoyer Advance for Dependent Wheelchair Transfers.

American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation
OBJECTIVE: Manual lifting can be burdensome for people who care for power wheelchair users. Although technologies used for dependent transfers are helpful, they have shortcomings of their own. This study compares the usability and task load demand of...