Upper Limb Rehabilitation and Assistance
PRIMARY ARTICLES
(original research articles, case reports/case series, and technical notes)
C. G. McDonald, J. L. Sullivan, T. A. Dennis, and M. K. O’Malley, “A Myoelectric Control Interface for Upper-Limb Robotic Rehabilitation following Spinal Cord Injury,” IEEE Trans. Neural Syst. Rehabil. Eng., vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 978–987, 2020, doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2020.2979743.
Published: March, 2020
Á. Gutiérrez, D. Sepúlveda-Muñoz, Á. Gil-Agudo, and A. de los Reyes Guzmán, “Serious game platform with haptic feedback and EMG monitoring for upper limb rehabilitation and smoothness quantification on spinal cord injury patients,” Appl. Sci., vol. 10, no. 3, 2020, doi: 10.3390/app10030963.
Published: February, 2020
J. H. Jung et al., “Effects of combined upper limb robotic therapy in patients with tetraplegic Spinal Cord Injury,” Ann. Rehabil. Med., vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 445–457, 2019, doi: 10.5535/arm.2019.43.4.445.
Published: August, 2019
K. Yoshikawa et al., “Adjusting assistance commensurates with patient effort during robot-assisted upper limb training for a patient with spasticity after cervical spinal cord injury: A case report,” Med., vol. 55, no. 8, 2019, doi: 10.3390/medicina55080404.
Published: July, 2019
T. J. Vojinovic, E. Linley, A. Zivanovic, and C. V Rui Loureiro, “Effects of Focal Vibration and Robotic Assistive Therapy on Upper Limb Spasticity in incomplete Spinal Cord Injury,” in 2019 IEEE 16th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2019, pp. 542–547, doi: 10.1109/ICORR.2019.8779566.
Published: July, 2019
L. Sørensen and G. Månum, “A single-subject study of robotic upper limb training in the subacute phase for four persons with cervical spinal cord injury,” Spinal Cord Ser. Cases, vol. 5, no. 1, 2019, doi: 10.1038/s41394-019-0170-3.
Published: March, 2019
Q. Huang et al., “An EOG-based wheelchair robotic arm system for assisting patients with severe spinal cord injuries,” J. Neural Eng., vol. 16, no. 2, 2019, doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/aafc88.
Published: February, 2019
J. Kim et al., “Clinical efficacy of upper limb robotic therapy in people with tetraplegia: a pilot randomized controlled trial,” Spinal Cord, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 49–57, 2019, doi: 10.1038/s41393-018-0190-z.
Published: January, 2019
SECONDARY ARTICLES
(Review and Meta-analysis)
N. Fatima, A. Shuaib, and M. Saqqur, “Intra-cortical brain-machine interfaces for controlling upper-limb powered muscle and robotic systems in spinal cord injury,” Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol. 196. 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.106069.
Published: September, 2020
N. Dunkelberger, E. M. Schearer, and M. K. O’Malley, “A review of methods for achieving upper limb movement following spinal cord injury through hybrid muscle stimulation and robotic assistance,” Experimental Neurology, vol. 328. 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113274.
Published: June, 2020
N. Yozbatiran and G. E. Francisco, “Robot-assisted Therapy for the Upper Limb after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury,” Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, vol. 30, no. 2. pp. 367–384, 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.pmr.2018.12.008.
Published: March, 2019
LA RIABILITAZIONE ASSISTITA DA ROBOT E DISPOSITIVI ELETTROMECCANICI PER LE PERSONE CON DISABILITA’ DI ORIGINE NEUROLOGICA
Tamburella_J NeuroEng Rehabil_2022_Overground robotic training effects
Lower Limb Rehabilitation and Assistance
Primary articles
(original research articles, case reports/case series, and technical notes)
A.Bellitto et al., “Walking after incomplete spinal cord injury: changes in muscle activations due to training with a robotic powered exoskeleton,” in 2020 8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), Nov. 2020, pp. 382–389, doi: 10.1109/BioRob49111.2020.9224390.
Published: November, 2020
M. Baloglu, “Evaluation of Patients Who Received Robotic Therapy after Spinal Cord Injuries,” Open J. Ther. Rehabil., vol. 08, no. 04, pp. 183–190, 2020, doi: 10.4236/ojtr.2020.84016.
Published: November, 2020
J. Chen et al., “Influence of the intelligent standing mobile robot on lower extremity physiology of complete spinal cord injury patients,” Med. Nov. Technol. Devices, vol. 7, no. 2209, p. 100045, 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.medntd.2020.100045.
Published: September, 2020
R. B. van Dijsseldonk, I. J. W. van Nes, A. C. H. Geurts, and N. L. W. Keijsers, “Exoskeleton home and community use in people with complete spinal cord injury,” Sci. Rep., vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1–8, 2020, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72397-6.
Published: September, 2020
S. H. Kwon et al., “Energy efficiency and patient satisfaction of gait with knee-ankle-foot orthosis and robot (rewalk)-assisted gait in patients with spinal cord injury,” Ann. Rehabil. Med., vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 131–141, 2020, doi: 10.5535/arm.2020.44.2.131.
Published: April, 2020
A. W. Heinemann et al., “Appraisals of robotic locomotor exoskeletons for gait: focus group insights from potential users with spinal cord injuries,” Disabil. Rehabil. Assist. Technol., vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 762–772, 2020, doi: 10.1080/17483107.2020.1745910.
Published: April, 2020
G. Stampacchia, M. Olivieri, A. Rustici, C. D’Avino, A. Gerini, and S. Mazzoleni, “Gait rehabilitation in persons with spinal cord injury using innovative technologies: an observational study,” Spinal Cord, vol. 58, no. 9, pp. 988–997, 2020, doi: 10.1038/s41393-020-0454-2.
Published: April, 2020
C.-Y. Tsai et al., “Exoskeletal-Assisted Walking During Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Leads to Motor and Functional Improvement in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study,” Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil., vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 607–612, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2019.11.010.
Published: April, 2020
M. J. Escalona, D. Bourbonnais, M. Goyette, C. Duclos, and D. H. Gagnon, “Wearable exoskeleton control modes selected during overground walking affect muscle synergies in adults with a chronic incomplete spinal cord injury,” Neurophysiol. Clin., vol. 49, no. 6, p. 445, 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.neucli.2019.10.107.
Published: April, 2020
M. Midik, N. Paker, D. Buǧdayci, and A. C. Midik, “Effects of robot-assisted gait training on lower extremity strength, functional independence, and walking function in men with incomplete traumatic spinal cord injury,” Turkish J. Phys. Med. Rehabil., vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 54–59, 2020, doi: 10.5606/tftrd.2020.3316.
Published: March, 2020
X.-N. Xiang et al., “The safety and feasibility of a new rehabilitation robotic exoskeleton for assisting individuals with lower extremity motor complete lesions following spinal cord injury (SCI): an observational study,” Spinal Cord, vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 787–794, 2020, doi: 10.1038/s41393-020-0423-9.
Published: February, 2020
A.Bass, S. N. Morin, M. Vermette, M. Aubertin-Leheudre, and D. H. Gagnon, “Incidental bilateral calcaneal fractures following overground walking with a wearable robotic exoskeleton in a wheelchair user with a chronic spinal cord injury: is zero risk possible?,” Osteoporos. Int., vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 1007–1011, 2020, doi: 10.1007/s00198-020-05277-4.
Published: January, 2020
S.-H. Chang, F. Zhu, N. Patel, T. Afzal, M. Kern, and G. E. Francisco, “Combining robotic exoskeleton and body weight unweighing technology to promote walking activity in tetraplegia following SCI: A case study,” J. Spinal Cord Med., vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 126–129, Jan. 2020, doi: 10.1080/10790268.2018.1527078.
Published: January, 2020
J. M. Font-Llagunes, U. Lugris, D. Clos, F. Javier Alonso, and J. Cuadrado, “Design, control, and pilot study of a lightweight and modular robotic exoskeleton for walking assistance after spinal cord injury,” J. Mech. Robot., vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 1–8, 2020, doi: 10.1115/1.4045510.
Published: January, 2020
K. McIntosh, R. Charbonneau, Y. Bensaada, U. Bhatiya, and C. Ho, “The Safety and Feasibility of Exoskeletal-Assisted Walking in Acute Rehabilitation After Spinal Cord Injury,” Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil., vol. 101, no. 1, pp. 113–120, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2019.09.005.
Published: January, 2020
I. Fuse et al., “Gait reconstruction using the gait assist robot WPAL in patients with cervical spinal cord injury,” vol. 10, pp. 88–95, 2019.
Published: December, 2019
X. BAI et al., “EFFECT OF LOWER EXTREMITY EXOSKELETON ROBOT IMPROVING WALKING FUNCTION AND ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH COMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY,” J. Mech. Med. Biol., vol. 19, p. 1940060, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.1142/S0219519419400608.
Published: December, 2019
L. van Silfhout et al., “Highest ambulatory speed using Lokomat gait training for individuals with a motor-complete spinal cord injury: a clinical pilot study,” Acta Neurochir. (Wien)., vol. 162, no. 4, pp. 951–956, 2020, doi: 10.1007/s00701-019-04189-5.
Published: December, 2019
A.Kanazawa, K. Yoshikawa, K. Koseki, R. Takeuchi, and H. Mutsuzaki, “A consecutive 25-week program of gait training, using the alternating hybrid assistive limb (HAL®) robot and conventional training, and its effects on the walking ability of a patient with chronic thoracic spinal cord injury: A single case reversal design,” Med., vol. 55, no. 11, pp. 1–8, 2019, doi: 10.3390/medicina55110746.
Published: November, 2019
T. Qaiser, G. Eginyan, F. Chan, and T. Lam, “The sensorimotor effects of a lower limb proprioception training intervention in individuals with a spinal cord injury,” J. Neurophysiol., vol. 122, no. 6, pp. 2364–2371, 2019, doi: 10.1152/jn.00842.2018.
Published: November, 2019
A. S. Khan et al., “Retraining walking over ground in a powered exoskeleton after spinal cord injury: A prospective cohort study to examine functional gains and neuroplasticity,” J. Neuroeng. Rehabil., vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 1–17, 2019, doi: 10.1186/s12984-019-0585-x.
Published: November, 2019
J. K. F. de Carvalho et al., “Combined effects of physiotherapy and robotic therapy on gait balance and speed in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury,” Acta Fisiátrica, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, doi: 10.11606/issn.2317-0190.v26i3a166998.
Published: September, 2019
P. J. Manns, C. Hurd, and J. F. Yang, “Perspectives of people with spinal cord injury learning to walk using a powered exoskeleton,” J. Neuroeng. Rehabil., vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 1–10, 2019, doi: 10.1186/s12984-019-0565-1.
Published: July, 2019
M. A. Yildirim, K. Öneş, and G. Gökşenoğlu, “Early term effects of robotic assisted gait training on ambulation and functional capacity in patients with spinal cord injury,” Turkish J. Med. Sci., vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 838–843, 2019, doi: 10.3906/sag-1809-7.
Published: June, 2019
H. Watanabe et al., “Intensive Gait Treatment Using a Robot Suit Hybrid Assistive Limb in Acute Spinal Cord Infarction: Report of Two Cases,” J. Spinal Cord Med., vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 395–401, May 2019, doi: 10.1080/10790268.2017.1372059.
Published: May, 2019
D. H. Gagnon, M. Vermette, C. Duclos, M. Aubertin-Leheudre, S. Ahmed, and D. Kairy, “Satisfaction and perceptions of long-term manual wheelchair users with a spinal cord injury upon completion of a locomotor training program with an overground robotic exoskeleton,” Disabil. Rehabil. Assist. Technol., vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 138–145, 2019, doi: 10.1080/17483107.2017.1413145.
Published: February, 2019
Secondary articles (Review and Meta-analysis)
C. Y. Fang, J. L. Tsai, G. S. Li, A. S. Y. Lien, and Y. J. Chang, “Effects of Robot-Assisted Gait Training in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: A Meta-analysis,” Biomed Res. Int., vol. 2020, 2020, doi: 10.1155/2020/2102785.
Published: March, 2020
L. C. Chiș, M. Copotoiu, and L. Moldovan, “Different Types of Exoskeletons can Improve the Life of Spinal Cord Injury’s Patients – a Meta-Analysis,” Procedia Manuf., vol. 46, pp. 844–849, 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.04.014.
Published: October, 2019
C. Kandilakis and E. Sasso-Lance, “Exoskeletons for Personal Use After Spinal Cord Injury,” Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2019.05.028.
Published: June, 2019
A.Esquenazi and M. Talaty, “Robotics for Lower Limb Rehabilitation,” Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, vol. 30, no. 2. pp. 385–397, 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.pmr.2018.12.012.
Published: May, 2019
A.V. Aguirre-Güemez, A. I. Pérez-Sanpablo, J. Quinzaños-Fresnedo, R. Pérez-Zavala, and A. Barrera-Ortiz, “Walking speed is not the best outcome to evaluate the effect of robotic assisted gait training in people with motor incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review with meta-analysis,” J. Spinal Cord Med., vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 142–154, Mar. 2019, doi: 10.1080/10790268.2017.1390644.
Published: March, 2019
A. S. Gorgey, R. Sumrell, and L. L. Goetz, “Exoskeletal Assisted Rehabilitation After Spinal Cord Injury,” Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices. pp. 440-447.e2, 2019, doi: 10.1016/b978-0-323-48323-0.00044-5.
Published: January, 2019
Hand Rehabilitation and Assistance
Primary articles
(original research articles, case reports/case series, and technical notes)
C. Correia et al., “Improving Grasp Function after Spinal Cord Injury with a Soft Robotic Glove,” IEEE Trans. Neural Syst. Rehabil. Eng., vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 1407–1415, 2020, doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2020.2988260.
Published: April, 2020
B. A. C. Osuagwu et al., “Home-based rehabilitation using a soft robotic hand glove device leads to improvement in hand function in people with chronic spinal cord injury:a pilot study,” J. Neuroeng. Rehabil., vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 1–15, 2020, doi: 10.1186/s12984-020-00660-y.
Published: March, 2020
P. Tran, S. Jeong, S. L. Wolf, and J. P. Desai, “FLEXotendon Glove-II System for Spinal Cord Injury,” vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 898–905, 2020, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2020.2965900.
Published: January, 2020
H. J. Yoo, S. Lee, J. Kim, C. Park, and B. Lee, “Development of 3D-printed myoelectric hand orthosis for patients with spinal cord injury,” J. Neuroeng. Rehabil., vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 1–14, 2019, doi: 10.1186/s12984-019-0633-6.
Published: December, 2019
Y. M. Zhou et al., “Soft robotic glove with integrated sensing for intuitive grasping assistance post spinal cord injury,” Proc. - IEEE Int. Conf. Robot. Autom., vol. 2019-May, pp. 9059–9065, 2019, doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2019.8794367.
Published: August, 2019
Z. Lu, A. Stampas, G. E. Francisco, and P. Zhou, “Offline and online myoelectric pattern recognition analysis and real-time control of a robotic hand after spinal cord injury,” J. Neural Eng., vol. 16, no. 3, 2019, doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ab0cf0.
Published: April, 2019
Trunk Rehabilitation
Primary articles
(original research articles, case reports/case series, and technical notes)
G. Marchesi et al., “A robot-based assessment of trunk control in Spinal Cord Injured athletes,” in 2020 8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), Nov. 2020, pp. 497–502, doi: 10.1109/BioRob49111.2020.9224337.
Published: November, 2020
V. Santamaria, T. Luna, M. Khan, and S. Agrawal, “The robotic Trunk-Support-Trainer (TruST) to measure and increase postural workspace during sitting in people with spinal cord injury,” Spinal Cord Ser. Cases, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 1, 2020, doi: 10.1038/s41394-019-0245-1.
Published: January, 2020
Physiological effects
Primary articles
(original research articles, case reports/case series, and technical notes)
S. Corbianco et al., “Energy cost and psychological impact of robotic-assisted gait training in people with spinal cord injury: effect of two different types of devices,” Neurol. Sci., 2021, doi: 10.1007/s10072-020-04954-w.
Published: January, 2021
Y. C. Jang, H. K. Park, J. Y. Han, I. S. Choi, and M. K. Song, “Cardiopulmonary function after robotic exoskeleton-assisted over-ground walking training of a patient with an incomplete spinal cord injury: Case report,” Med. (United States), vol. 98, no. 50, pp. 2–4, 2019, doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000018286.
Published: December, 2019
A.Chun et al., “Changes in bowel function following exoskeletal-assisted walking in persons with spinal cord injury: an observational pilot study,” Spinal Cord, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 459–466, 2020, doi: 10.1038/s41393-019-0392-z.
Published: December, 2019
J. Faulkner et al., “Effects of robotic-assisted gait training on the central vascular health of individuals with spinal cord injury: A pilot study,” J. Spinal Cord Med., vol. 0, no. 0, pp. 1–7, 2019, doi: 10.1080/10790268.2019.1656849.
Published: September, 2019
E. Y. Y. Cheung, K. K. K. Yu, R. L. C. Kwan, C. K. M. Ng, R. M. W. Chau, and G. L. Y. Cheing, “Effect of EMG-biofeedback robotic-assisted body weight supported treadmill training on walking ability and cardiopulmonary function on people with subacute spinal cord injuries - A randomized controlled trial,” BMC Neurol., vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1–9, 2019, doi: 10.1186/s12883-019-1361-z.
Published: June, 2019
P. H. Gorman, W. Scott, L. VanHiel, K. E. Tansey, W. M. Sweatman, and P. R. Geigle, “Comparison of peak oxygen consumption response to aquatic and robotic therapy in individuals with chronic motor incomplete spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial,” Spinal Cord, vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 471–481, 2019, doi: 10.1038/s41393-019-0239-7.
Published: January, 2019
Secondary articles
(Review and Meta-analysis)
Y. Yuan and X. Yu, “Therapeutic effects of rehabilitation training methods on spinal cord injury: a meta-analysis,” The Lancet, vol. 394. p. S27, 2019, doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)32363-3.
Published: October, 2019
Robotic Assistance
Primary articles
(original research articles, case reports/case series, and technical notes)
C. Nelson et al., “Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot for Autonomous Rehabilitation Assistance in Daily Living Tasks for Spinal Cord Injury Patients.” Proceedings of the 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference, 2019, V001T10A008, ASME, doi: 10.1115/DMD2019-3240
Y. J. Kim et al., “Vision-aided brain-machine interface training system for robotic arm control and clinical application on two patients with cervical spinal cord injury,” Biomed. Eng. Online, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 1–21, 2019, doi: 10.1186/s12938-019-0633-6.
Published: February, 2019
