Technology-enhanced support for children with Down Syndrome: A systematic literature review

NMI Shahid, ELC Law, N Verdezoto - International Journal of Child …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a systematic literature review on technology-enhanced support for
children with Down Syndrome and young people who match the mental age of children …

Haptics to improve task performance in people with disabilities: A review of previous studies and a guide to future research with children with disabilities

N Jafari, KD Adams, M Tavakoli - Journal of rehabilitation …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This review examines the studies most pertinent to the potential of haptics on the
functionality of assistive robots in manipulation tasks for use by children with disabilities …

[HTML][HTML] Motor coordination and global development in subjects with down syndrome: The influence of physical activity

M Alesi, V Giustino, A Gentile, M Gómez-López… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Many research studies have investigated motor impairments and delayed
development in children with Down Syndrome (DS). However, very few studies detected …

Memory and accurate processing brain rehabilitation for the elderly: LEGO robot and iPad case study

F Liu, Y Wang, TA Burkhart… - Bio-Medical …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents the results of research that applies cognitive therapies associated with
memory and mathematical problem-solving in elderly people. The exercises are …

Development of an assistive robotic system with virtual assistance to enhance play for children with disabilities: A preliminary study

N Jafari, KD Adams, M Tavakoli, S Wiebe - Journal of Medical and …, 2018 - Springer
Children with disabilities typically have fewer opportunities for manipulation and play, due to
their physical limitations, resulting in delayed cognitive and perceptual development. A …

[PDF][PDF] Haptic telerobotics: application to assistive technology for children with disabilities

N Jafari, M Tavakoli, K Adams - 2015 - era.library.ualberta.ca
Robotic systems for master-slave teleoperation with haptic feedback capability have been
used in diverse areas such as surgical simulation and telerehabilitation. Such systems have …

Interacting game and haptic system based on point-based approach for assisting patients after stroke

M Covarrubias, A Mansutti, M Bordegoni… - … Hel** People with …, 2014 - Springer
This paper describes a system that combines haptic, virtual reality and game technologies in
order to assist repetitive performances of manual tasks to patients, which are recovering …

Sound feedback assessment for upper limb rehabilitation using a multimodal guidance system

MC Rodriguez, M Rossini, G Caruso, G Samali… - … Hel** People with …, 2016 - Springer
This paper describes the implementation of a Multimodal Guidance System (MGS) for upper
limb rehabilitation through vision, haptic and sound. The system consists of a haptic device …

Designing for physically disabled users: benefits from human motion capture–a case study

G Thomann, C Magnier, F Villeneuve… - Disability and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The present study aimed to improve the design of an interface that may help
disabled children to play a musical instrument. The main point is to integrate human motion …

Haptic trajectories for assisting patients during rehabilitation of upper extremities

M Covarrubias, M Bordegoni… - Computer-Aided Design …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we present a pilot study of a haptic system that leads the patients' limb to follow
trajectories performed on a plane or in space (2D or 3D haptic trajectories). This function is …