Portable and reconfigurable wrist robot improves hand function for post-stroke subjects
Rehabilitation robots have become increasingly popular for stroke rehabilitation. However, the high cost of robots hampers their implementation on a large scale. This paper implements the concept of a modular and reconfigurable robot, reducing its cost and size by adopting different therapeutic end...
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my.utm.762562018-06-29T21:58:24Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/76256/ Portable and reconfigurable wrist robot improves hand function for post-stroke subjects Khor, K. X. Chin, P. J. H. Yeong, C. F. Su, E. L. M. Narayanan, A. L. T. Abdul Rahman, H. Khan, Q. I. T Technology (General) Rehabilitation robots have become increasingly popular for stroke rehabilitation. However, the high cost of robots hampers their implementation on a large scale. This paper implements the concept of a modular and reconfigurable robot, reducing its cost and size by adopting different therapeutic end effectors for different training movements using a single robot. The challenge is to increase the robot's portability and identify appropriate kinds of modular tools and configurations. Because literature on the effectiveness of this kind of rehabilitation robot is still scarce, this paper presents the design of a portable and reconfigurable rehabilitation robot and describes its use with a group of post-stroke patients for wrist and forearm training. Seven stroke subjects received training using a reconfigurable robot for 30 sessions, lasting 30 min per session. Post-training, statistical analysis showed significant improvement of 3.29 points (16.20%, p = 0.027) on the Fugl-Meyer assessment scale for forearm and wrist components. Significant improvement of active range of motion was detected in both pronation-supination (75.59%, p = 0.018) and wrist flexion-extension (56.12%, p = 0.018) after the training. These preliminary results demonstrate that the developed reconfigurable robot could improve subjects' wrist and forearm movement. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017 Article PeerReviewed Khor, K. X. and Chin, P. J. H. and Yeong, C. F. and Su, E. L. M. and Narayanan, A. L. T. and Abdul Rahman, H. and Khan, Q. I. (2017) Portable and reconfigurable wrist robot improves hand function for post-stroke subjects. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 25 (10). pp. 1864-1873. ISSN 1534-4320 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85032889426&doi=10.1109%2fTNSRE.2017.2692520&partnerID=40&md5=deaa66d2173c0520f0acd983b495caaf |
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Rehabilitation robots have become increasingly popular for stroke rehabilitation. However, the high cost of robots hampers their implementation on a large scale. This paper implements the concept of a modular and reconfigurable robot, reducing its cost and size by adopting different therapeutic end effectors for different training movements using a single robot. The challenge is to increase the robot's portability and identify appropriate kinds of modular tools and configurations. Because literature on the effectiveness of this kind of rehabilitation robot is still scarce, this paper presents the design of a portable and reconfigurable rehabilitation robot and describes its use with a group of post-stroke patients for wrist and forearm training. Seven stroke subjects received training using a reconfigurable robot for 30 sessions, lasting 30 min per session. Post-training, statistical analysis showed significant improvement of 3.29 points (16.20%, p = 0.027) on the Fugl-Meyer assessment scale for forearm and wrist components. Significant improvement of active range of motion was detected in both pronation-supination (75.59%, p = 0.018) and wrist flexion-extension (56.12%, p = 0.018) after the training. These preliminary results demonstrate that the developed reconfigurable robot could improve subjects' wrist and forearm movement. |
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Portable and reconfigurable wrist robot improves hand function for post-stroke subjects |
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