Strokes are a growing cause of mortality and many stroke survivors suffer from motor
impairment as well as other types of disabilities in their daily life activities. To treat these …

The existing shortage of therapists and caregivers assisting physically disabled individuals
at home is expected to increase and become serious problem in the near future. The patient …

Rehabilitation is the process of treating post-stroke consequences. Impaired limbs are
considered the common outcomes of stroke, which require a professional therapist to …

Background Electromechanical and robot‐assisted arm training devices are used in
rehabilitation, and may help to improve arm function after stroke. Objectives To assess the …

There is increasing interest in using robotic devices to assist in movement training following
neurologic injuries such as stroke and spinal cord injury. This paper reviews control …

Objective. The aim of the study was to present a systematic review of studies that investigate
the effects of robot-assisted therapy on motor and functional recovery in patients with stroke …

Ischemic damage to the brain triggers substantial reorganization of spared areas and
pathways, which is associated with limited, spontaneous restoration of function. A better …

Human motion tracking for rehabilitation has been an active research topic since the 1980s.
It has been motivated by the increased number of patients who have suffered a stroke, or …

A limited number of clinical studies have examined the effect of post-stroke rehabilitation
with robotic devices on hemiparetic arm function. We systematically reviewed the literature …

Robots can improve motor status after stroke with certain advantages, but there has been
less emphasis to date on robotic developments for the hand. The goal of this study was to …