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A System for Neuromotor Based Rehabilitation on a Passive Robotic Aid
- Source :
- Sensors, Volume 21, Issue 9, Sensors (Basel) 21 (2021). doi:10.3390/s21093130, Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Righi M.; Magrini M.; Dolciotti C.; Moroni D./titolo:A System for Neuromotor Based Rehabilitation on a Passive Robotic Aid/doi:10.3390%2Fs21093130/rivista:Sensors (Basel)/anno:2021/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume:21, Sensors, Vol 21, Iss 3130, p 3130 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Zenodo, 2021.
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Abstract
- In the aging world population, the occurrence of neuromotor deficits arising from stroke and other medical conditions is expected to grow, demanding the design of new and more effective approaches to rehabilitation. In this paper, we show how the combination of robotic technologies with progress in exergaming methodologies may lead to the creation of new rehabilitation protocols favoring motor re-learning. To this end, we introduce the Track-Hold system for neuromotor rehabilitation based on a passive robotic arm and integrated software. A special configuration of weights on the robotic arm fully balances the weight of the patients’ arm, allowing them to perform a purely neurological task, overcoming the muscular effort of similar free-hand exercises. A set of adaptive and configurable exercises are proposed to patients through a large display and a graphical user interface. Common everyday tasks are also proposed for patients to learn again the associated actions in a persistent way, thus improving life independence. A data analysis module was also designed to monitor progress and compute indices of post-stroke neurological damage and Parkinsonian-type disorders. The system was tested in the lab and in a pilot project involving five patients in the post-stroke chronic stage with partial paralysis of the right upper limb, showing encouraging preliminary results.
- Subjects :
- 030506 rehabilitation
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Computer science
medicine.medical_treatment
Pilot Projects
TP1-1185
rehabilitation robotics
Biochemistry
Article
Analytical Chemistry
Task (project management)
Computer graphics
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Robotic Surgical Procedures
medicine
Humans
Rehabilitation robotics
prognostics and health
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Set (psychology)
Instrumentation
Graphical user interface
robotics
Rehabilitation
business.industry
Chemical technology
Prognostics and health
motion analysis
Integrated software
Stroke Rehabilitation
Robotics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Exercise Therapy
computer graphics
Motion analysis
Artificial intelligence
0305 other medical science
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030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sensors, Volume 21, Issue 9, Sensors (Basel) 21 (2021). doi:10.3390/s21093130, Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Righi M.; Magrini M.; Dolciotti C.; Moroni D./titolo:A System for Neuromotor Based Rehabilitation on a Passive Robotic Aid/doi:10.3390%2Fs21093130/rivista:Sensors (Basel)/anno:2021/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume:21, Sensors, Vol 21, Iss 3130, p 3130 (2021)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c180b494fdc01193d6100c0f7cb82671