1. Mobile Mechatronic/Robotic Orthotic Devices to Assist–Rehabilitate Neuromotor Impairments in the Upper Limb: A Systematic and Synthetic Review
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Gelu Onose, Nirvana Popescu, Constantin Munteanu, Vlad Ciobanu, Corina Sporea, Marian-Daniel Mirea, Cristina Daia, Ioana Andone, Aura Spînu, and Andrada Mirea
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030506 rehabilitation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Computer science ,medicine.medical_treatment ,MEDLINE ,Wearable computer ,lcsh:RC321-571 ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,medicine ,upper limb rehabilitation ,mobile robotic orthotic devices ,lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,robotic exoskeletons ,Modalities ,Rehabilitation ,General Neuroscience ,Mechatronics ,mechatronic wearable orthoses ,Orthotic device ,Exoskeleton ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,systematic and synthetic review ,Upper limb ,0305 other medical science ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
This paper overviews the state-of-the-art in upper limb robot-supported approaches, focusing on advancements in the related mechatronic devices for the patients' rehabilitation and/or assistance. Dedicated to the technical, comprehensively methodological and global effectiveness and improvement in this inter-disciplinary field of research, it includes information beyond the therapy administrated in clinical settings-but with no diminished safety requirements. Our systematic review, based on PRISMA guidelines, searched articles published between January 2001 and November 2017 from the following databases: Cochrane, Medline/PubMed, PMC, Elsevier, PEDro, and ISI Web of Knowledge/Science. Then we have applied a new innovative PEDro-inspired technique to classify the relevant articles. The article focuses on the main indications, current technologies, categories of intervention and outcome assessment modalities. It includes also, in tabular form, the main characteristics of the most relevant mobile (wearable and/or portable) mechatronic/robotic orthoses/exoskeletons prototype devices used to assist-rehabilitate neuromotor impairments in the upper limb.
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- 2018
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