In recent years, robotic training has been utilized for recovery of motor control in patients with motor deficits. Along with clinical assessment, electrical patterns in the brain have emerged as a marker for studying changes in the brain associated...
BACKGROUND: Rehabilitation robots integrated with brain-machine interaction (BMI) can facilitate stroke patients' recovery by closing the loop between motor intention and actual movement. The main challenge is to identify the patient's motor intentio...
The effects of caregiver burden during the inpatient rehabilitation period have not yet been investigated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the burden on stroke survivors' caregivers during the inpatient rehabilitation period, and to compare...
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
Aug 5, 2020
PURPOSE: There is limited evidence of gait training using newly developed exoskeletal lower limb robot called Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) on the function and ability to perform ADL in stroke patients. In clinical settings, we frequently find it chall...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Aug 3, 2020
Robot-measured kinematic variables are increasingly used in neurorehabilitation to characterize motor recovery following stroke. However, few studies have evaluated the reliability of these kinematic variables. This study aimed at evaluating the test...
BACKGROUND: Although the Gait Exercise Assist Robot (GEAR) has been reported to effectively improve gait of hemiplegic patients, no study has investigated its use in chronic stroke patients. It is possible to facilitate gait reorganization by gait tr...
OBJECTIVES: To examine the inter-rater reliability of the thumb localizing test (TLT) and its validity against quantitative measures of proprioception.
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Jul 14, 2020
BACKGROUND: Performing activities of daily living depends, among other factors, on awareness of the position and movements of limbs. Neural injuries, such as stroke, might negatively affect such an awareness and, consequently, lead to degrading the q...
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
Jul 1, 2020
PURPOSE: Despite their promise to increase therapy intensity in neurorehabilitation, robotic devices have not yet seen mainstream adoption. Whilst there are a number of contributing factors, it is obvious that the treating clinician should have a cle...