Robotic Devices for Neuromotor Rehabilitation by Hao Yu https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4 Welcome! en-us 2021-10-12 20:05:29 UTC 2026-01-21 16:28:43 UTC hello@padlet.com hy2020 https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4/wish/1811914584 According to the statistics from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD), in 2016, there were approximately 13.7 million new stroke cases. About 77.4% of patients suffer from upper limb motor deficits after stroke, and only 25% of stroke survivors can completely recover motor ability they had before stroke [1]. In 2019, National Service Scotland (NSS) also published the Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme Report to tackle the challenge of stroke, the most common cause of severe physical disability amongst Scottish adults [2]. Apart from stroke, multiple sclerosis, tumour and other nerve or muscle damages can cause serious neuromotor impairments as well [3]. 


]]> 2021-10-12 20:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4/wish/1811914584 hy2020 https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4/wish/1811917903 It is crucial for stroke survivors to receive timely and effective treatment to avoid permanent sensorimotor deficits, while conventional approaches are time-consuming, expensive, subjective and demanding for therapists’ expertise. Therefore, robotic devices are regarded as a solution to complement and improve conventional treatment approaches [4].

There are various rehabilitation robots for the treatment of impaired sensory, motor and cognitive skills. Some of them are stationary devices for rehabilitation exercises, and some others are wearable devices that can assist limb movements. Many rehabilitation robots aim to automate conventional physiotherapy and training tasks with minimal human intervention. However, they only realize the automation of specific therapy but ignore diagnosis, assessment, and treatment plan formulation. Societal and economic costs of stroke care are not essentially reduced, and the insufficiency of medical resources on neuromotor rehabilitation is not mitigated [5].

]]> 2021-10-12 20:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4/wish/1811917903 hy2020 https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4/wish/1811920428 In my future work, I will focus on developing the next generation of hand rehabilitation exoskeletons, which combines assessment, plan and rehabilitation. The work can be concluded into three steps. Firstly, the exoskeleton can precisely quantify the sensorimotor performance of limbs before and during treatment. Secondly, it can provide rich training modes to meet diverse treatment requirements. Lastly, it is able to formulate or modify treatment plans according to the evolution of therapy effects. The final prototype will be an autonomous and intelligent system rather than an automatic system. With a developed autonomous ability and high integration level, rehabilitation exoskeletons will not heavily depend on professional doctors. It can be, therefore, installed in common clinics, nursing homes or even individual homes [6, 7]. 

]]> 2021-10-12 20:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4/wish/1811920428 A video of the latest robotic gloves for hand function rehabilitation on markets hy2020 https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4/wish/1811922363 2021-10-12 20:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4/wish/1811922363 A video about upper-limb rehabilitation robots hy2020 https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4/wish/1811932279 2021-10-12 20:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4/wish/1811932279 A video about lower-extremity rehabilitation robots hy2020 https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4/wish/1811934423 2021-10-12 20:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4/wish/1811934423 hy2020 https://padlet.com/hy2020/6qedkjjoudwfumh4/wish/1811938357 [1] Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. GBD 2016 Stroke Collaborators. 2019.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(19)30034-1/fulltext

[2] Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme. 2019. https://www.strokeaudit.scot.nhs.uk/Publications/docs/2019/Scottish-Stroke-Improvement-Programme-2019-National-Report.pdf 

[3] Neurological Disorders. Johns Hopkins Medicine. 2021.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/neurological-disorders

[4] Rehabilitation robots for the treatment of sensorimotor deficits: a neurophysiological perspective. Roger Gassert and Volker Dietz. 2018.
https://jneuroengrehab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12984-018-0383-x

[5] Rehabilitation Robotics. Roberto Colombo and Vittorio Sanguineti. 2018.
https://www.elsevier.com/books/rehabilitation-robotics/colombo/978-0-12-811995-2

[6] A structured overview of trends and technologies used in dynamic hand orthoses. Ronald A. Bos,  Claudia J.W. Haarman and Teun Stortelder et al. 2016.
https://jneuroengrehab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12984-016-0168-z

[7] Robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function. Sivakumar Balasubramanian, Julius Klein and Etienne Burdet. 2010.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20852421/
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