Evaluation of Reach and Grasp Robot-Assisted Therapy Suggests Similar Functional Recovery Patterns on Proximal and Distal Arm Segments in Sub-Acute Hemiplegia

This paper provides some additional evidence in support of the hypothesis that robot therapies are clinically beneficial in neurorehabilitation. Although only four subjects were included in the study, the design of the intervention and the measures were done so as to minimize bias. The results are p...

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Published inIEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 593 - 602
Main Authors Loureiro, Rui C. V., Harwin, William S., Lamperd, Robert, Collin, Christine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States IEEE 01.05.2014
Subjects
Adult
Algorithms
Arm - physiology
Combined Modality Therapy
Female
Hand Strength - physiology
Hemiplegia - rehabilitation
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Reach and grasp therapy
Recovery of Function
rehabilitation robotics
Robotics - methods
sensorimotor environment
Stroke Rehabilitation
sub-acute stroke
Treatment Outcome
User-Computer Interface
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Summary:This paper provides some additional evidence in support of the hypothesis that robot therapies are clinically beneficial in neurorehabilitation. Although only four subjects were included in the study, the design of the intervention and the measures were done so as to minimize bias. The results are presented as single case studies, and can only be interpreted as such due to the study size. The intensity of intervention was 16 h and the therapy philosophy (based on Carr and Shepherd) was that coordinated movements are preferable to joint based therapies, and that coordinating distal movements (in this case grasps) helps not only to recover function in these areas, but has greater value since the results are immediately transferable to daily skills such as reach and grasp movements.
ISSN:1534-4320
1558-0210
DOI:10.1109/TNSRE.2013.2265263