Hand Rehabilitation Robotics on Poststroke Motor Recovery

• Published in: Behavioural neurology Vol. 2017; no. 2017; pp. 1 - 20
• Main Authors: Yue, Zan, Wang, Jing, Zhang, Xue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2017; Hindawi; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Automation; Brain research; Design; Electromyography; Engineering; Evidence-based medicine; Exercise Therapy - methods; Hand - physiology; Humans; International conferences; Mechanical engineering; Neurosciences; Paradigms; Physical therapy; Recovery of Function - physiology; Rehabilitation; Review; Robotics; Robotics - methods; Robotics industry; Robots; Stroke; Stroke - physiopathology; Stroke Rehabilitation - methods; System theory; Upper Extremity - physiopathology
• ISSN: 0953-4180; 1875-8584; 1875-8584
• DOI: 10.1155/2017/3908135

The recovery of hand function is one of the most challenging topics in stroke rehabilitation. Although the robot-assisted therapy has got some good results in the latest decades, the development of hand rehabilitation robotics is left behind. Existing reviews of hand rehabilitation robotics focus either on the mechanical design on designers’ view or on the training paradigms on the clinicians’ view, while these two parts are interconnected and both important for designers and clinicians. In this review, we explore the current literature surrounding hand rehabilitation robots, to help designers make better choices among varied components and thus promoting the application of hand rehabilitation robots. An overview of hand rehabilitation robotics is provided in this paper firstly, to give a general view of the relationship between subjects, rehabilitation theories, hand rehabilitation robots, and its evaluation. Secondly, the state of the art hand rehabilitation robotics is introduced in detail according to the classification of the hardware system and the training paradigm. As a result, the discussion gives available arguments behind the classification and comprehensive overview of hand rehabilitation robotics.