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Effects of robotic guidance on the coordination of locomotion
Conclusion: In neurologically intact subjects robotic-guided walking at various force guidance and speed levels does not alter the basic locomotor control and timing. This allows the design of robotic-aided rehabilitation strategies aimed at the modulation of motor modules, which are altered in stroke.
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - July 19, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Juan MorenoFilipe BarrosoDario FarinaLeonardo GizziCristina SantosMarco MolinariJosé Pons Source Type: research

Monitoring motor capacity changes of children during rehabilitation using body-worn sensors
Background: Rehabilitation services use outcome measures to track motor performance of their patients over time.State-of-the-art approaches use mainly patients' feedback and experts' observations for this purpose.We aim at continuously monitoring children in daily life and assessing normal activities to close thegap between movements done as instructed by caregivers and natural movements during daily life. Toinvestigate the applicability of body-worn sensors for motor assessment in children, we investigatedchanges in movement capacity during defined motor tasks longitudinally. Methods: We performed a longitudinal study ove...
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - July 30, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Christina StrohrmannRob LabruyèreCorinna GerberHubertus van HedelBert ArnrichGerhard Tröster Source Type: research

Monitoring motor capacity changes of children during rehabilitation using body-worn sensors
Background: Rehabilitation services use outcome measures to track motor performance of their patients over time.State-of-the-art approaches use mainly patients' feedback and experts' observations for this purpose.We aim at continuously monitoring children in daily life and assessing normal activities to close thegap between movements done as instructed by caregivers and natural movements during daily life. Toinvestigate the applicability of body-worn sensors for motor assessment in children, we investigatedchanges in movement capacity during defined motor tasks longitudinally. Methods: We performed a longitudinal study ove...
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - July 30, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Christina StrohrmannRob LabruyèreCorinna GerberHubertus van HedelBert ArnrichGerhard Tröster Source Type: research

Chronic muscle stimulation improves muscle function and reverts the abnormal surface EMG pattern in Myotonic Dystrophy: a pilot study
Conclusions: NMES determined a clear-cut improvement of both the muscular weakness and the sarcolemmal excitability alteration in our small group of DM1 patients. Therefore this rehabilitative approach, if confirmed by further extensive studies, could be considered early in the management of muscular impairment in these patients. An attractive hypothesis to explain our encouraging result could be represented by a functional inhibition of SK3 channels expressed in muscle of DM1 subjects.
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - August 12, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Carmelo ChisariFederica BertolucciStefania DaliseBruno Rossi Source Type: research

Adaptive training algorithm for robot-assisted upper-arm rehabilitation, applicable to individualised and therapeutic human-robot interaction
Conclusions: The GENTLE/A system was able to adapt so that the duration required to execute point-to-point movement was according to the leading or lagging performance of the user with respect to the robot. This adaptability could be useful in the clinical settings when stroke subjects interact with the system and could also serve as an assessment parameter across various interaction sessions. As the system adapts to user input, and as the task becomes easier through practice, the robot would auto-tune for more demanding and challenging interactions. The improvement in performance of the participants in an embedded environ...
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - September 28, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Radhika ChemuturiFarshid AmirabdollahianKerstin Dautenhahn Source Type: research

Definition dependent properties of the cortical silent period in upper-extremity muscles, a methodological study
Conclusions: The use of different landmarks to define the SP offset as well as data presentation affect SP S-R characteristics of the ADM in healthy individuals.
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - January 7, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Annette van KuijkChantal BakkerJan HendriksAlexander GeurtsDick StegemanJaco Pasman Source Type: research

Shotgun approaches to gait analysis: insights & limitations
Discussion & conclusion: Extracting a measure's classification capacity cannot solely rely on its statistical validity but typically requires proper post-hoc analysis. However, choosing the latter inevitably introduces some arbitrariness, which may affect outcome in general. We hence advocate the use of generic expert systems, possibly based on machine-learning.
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - August 12, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Ronald KapteinDaphne WezenbergTrienke IJmkerHan HoudijkPeter BeekClaudine LamothAndreas Daffertshofer Source Type: research

TagTrainer: supporting exercise variability and tailoring in technology supported upper limb training
Conclusions: TagTrainer can support arm-hand rehabilitation training by increasing therapy variability and tailoring. Therapists consider TagTrainer most suited for group sessions where they supervise many patients at once. Therapists are motivated and are able to, with minimal training, create and tailor exercises for patients fitting individual needs and capabilities. Future research will examine the socio-technical conditions that will encourage therapists to contribute and share training content, and provide the peer support needed for the adoption of a new technology.
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - September 24, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Daniel TetterooAnnick TimmermansHenk SeelenPanos Markopoulos Source Type: research

Spinal plasticity in robot-mediated therapy for the lower limbs
Robot-mediated therapy can help improve walking ability in patients following injuries to the central nervous system. However, the efficacy of this treatment varies between patients, and evidence for the mechanisms underlying functional improvements in humans is poor, particularly in terms of neural changes in the spinal cord. Here, we review the recent literature on spinal plasticity induced by robotic-based training in humans and propose recommendations for the measurement of spinal plasticity using robotic devices. Evidence for spinal plasticity in humans following robotic training is limited to the lower limbs. Body we...
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - September 17, 2015 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Andrew StevensonNatalie Mrachacz-KerstingEdwin van AsseldonkDuncan TurnerErika Spaich Source Type: research

Effects of virtual reality-based rehabilitation on distal upper extremity function and health-related quality of life: a single-blinded, randomized controlled trial
Virtual reality (VR)-based rehabilitation has been reported to have beneficial effects on upper extremity function in stroke survivors; however, there is limited information about its effects on distal upper e...
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - February 24, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Joon-Ho Shin, Mi-Young Kim, Ji-Yeong Lee, Yu-Jin Jeon, Suyoung Kim, Soobin Lee, Beomjoo Seo and Younggeun Choi Source Type: research

Coaching or gaming? Implications of strategy choice for home based stroke rehabilitation
The enduring aging of the world population and prospective increase of age-related chronic diseases urge the implementation of new models for healthcare delivery. One strategy relies on ICT (Information and Co...
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - February 27, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Mónica S. Cameirão, Asim Smailagic, Guangyao Miao and Dan P. Siewiorek Source Type: research

EEG response varies with lesion location in patients with chronic stroke
Brain activation differs according to lesion location in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies, but lesion location-dependent electroencephalographic (EEG) alterations are unclear. Because of th...
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - March 2, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Wanjoo Park, Gyu Hyun Kwon, Yun-Hee Kim, Jong-Hwan Lee and Laehyun Kim Source Type: research

Movement distributions of stroke survivors exhibit distinct patterns that evolve with training
While clinical assessments provide tools for characterizing abilities in motor-impaired individuals, concerns remain over their repeatability and reliability. Typical robot-assisted training studies focus on r...
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - March 9, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Felix C. Huang and James L. Patton Source Type: research

Normative NeuroFlexor data for detection of spasticity after stroke: a cross-sectional study
The NeuroFlexor is a novel instrument for quantification of neural, viscous and elastic components of passive movement resistance. The aim of this study was to provide normative data and cut-off values from he...
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - March 18, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Gaia Valentina Pennati, Jeanette Plantin, Jörgen Borg and Påvel G Lindberg Source Type: research

Instrumental indices for upper limb function assessment in stroke patients: a validation study
Robotic exoskeletons are increasingly being used in objective and quantitative assessment of upper limb (UL) movements. A set of instrumental indices computed during robot-assisted reaching tasks with the Arme...
Source: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation - June 8, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Maria Longhi, Andrea Merlo, Paolo Prati, Meris Giacobbi and Davide Mazzoli Source Type: research