Robot therapy of the upper limb in stroke patients: preliminary experiences for the principle-based use of this technology

Casadio, Maura and Giannoni, Psiche and Masia, Lorenzo and Morasso, Pietro and Sandini, Giulio and Sanguineti, Vittorio and Squeri, Valentina and Vergaro, Elena (2009) Robot therapy of the upper limb in stroke patients: preliminary experiences for the principle-based use of this technology. Functional Neurology, 24 (4). pp. 195-202. ISSN 1971-3274

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Abstract

Robotic systems for neuromotor rehabilitation have been a part of clinical practice for more than a decade but the efficacy of this new technology is still debated. One reason for this, in our opinion, is that there is still no consensus on the most important features of these systems, or on the underlying theoretical basis, essential for the rational design of treatment protocols. The aim of this paper, born of our long experience in the study of the neural control of movement and the use of robots for characterizing motor control mechanisms, is to make a small contribution to clarifying this issue. What is needed in the future is a “research pipeline” encompassing experimentally validated models of neural control of movement, models of motor learning, models of functional recovery, and finally principle-based robot therapy control strategies. We believe this is a necessary prerequisite for carrying out well formulated comparisons of different control strategies as well as mixed strategies of robot/human treatment, in the framework of randomised, controlled clinical trials

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Learning, schema theory, stroke, rehabilitation, robot
Subjects: 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) > 616.8 Malattie del sistema nervoso e disturbi mentali (Classificare qui la Neuropsichiatria, la Neurologia)
Depositing User: Danilo Dezzi
Date Deposited: 04 Jan 2013 12:20
Last Modified: 08 Feb 2016 17:23
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/3642

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