Rehabilitation robots: a compliment to virtual reality

In the 13 years since this came out; has your doctor done one damn thing with either virtual reality or robotics? The answer will tell you how fucking incompetent your doctor is.

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 Rehabilitation robots: a compliment to virtual reality

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2010Prépublication n° 6 | Fascicule n° 1
J.V.G. Robertson, N. Jarrassé, A. Roby-Brami« Rehabilitation robots: a compliment to virtual reality »
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 Rehabilitation robots: a compliment to virtual reality
 J.V.G. Robertson
1, 2
 , N. Jarrassé
3
 , A. Roby-Brami
1, 2, 4
 
1
Laboratoire Neurophysique et physiologie, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS UMR 8119. 45 rue des Saints Pères, Paris 75006.
2
Service MPR, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, 92380 Garches.
3
Institut Systèmes Intelligents et Robotique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS UMR 7222, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 ParisCedex 05
.
 
4
Institut fédératif de recherche sur le Handicap (IFR25).
The aim of this paper is to discuss the use of robots for upper limb rehabilitation following strokes
in adults. We describe the main robots currently being developed and the results of clinical studies
that have been carried out. The association of virtual reality interfaces and the robotic rehabilita-tion programs providing therapy in the form of games with a view to helping therapists increasethe duration of rehabilitation exercise.

Le but de cet article est de discuter l’apport de la robotique pour la rééducation du membre supé-
rieur à la suite d’un accident vasculaire cérébral chez les adultes. Les principaux robots qui ont été développés sont décrits en relation avec les résultats des évaluations cliniques. Le couplage
entre des interfaces de réalité virtuelle et les programmes de rééducation utilisant les robots offre
des ouvertures thérapeutiques sous forme de jeux en vue d’aider les thérapeutes à accroître ladurée des exercices de rééducation.

 Introduction
Over the past fifteen years, a plethora of rehabilitation robots in many shapes and forms have
popped out from laboratories all over the world. Many have not yet got beyond the stage of feasibility tests. However, a few have begun to be evaluated in clinical trials and today
we are beginning to have an idea of the effects of robotic therapy on recovery of motor
function, even though many questions remain unanswered. Robots have been developed
to compensate for loss of motor capacity [ROB 02], for retraining gait [HES 06, MAY 07]  and for upper limb rehabilitation. Robots are highly complementary to virtual reality for
therapy as they can provide a haptic interface and/or support and assistance. The aim of
this paper is to discuss the use of robots for upper limb rehabilitation following stroke in
adults. Firstly we will describe the main robots currently being developed and the results of clinical studies which have been carried out. We will then go on to discuss the perspectives for this type of rehabilitation.