7 years. What protocols did your hospital create as a result of this? NOTHING?
Do you prefer your incompetence NOT KNOWING? OR NOT DOING?
Their reasons for doing nothing? There is absolutely no excuse for doing nothing. They should all be keel-hauled.
Laziness? Incompetence? Or just don't care? No leadership? No strategy? Not my job?
The latest here.
Robotic Technologies and Rehabilitation:New Tools for Stroke Patients’ Therapy
Patrizia Poli, 1
Giovanni Morone, 2,3
Giulio Rosati, 4
and Stefano Masiero 1
1 Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani, Padova, Italy
2 Clinical Laboratory of Experimental Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS Santa Lucia foundation, Via Ardeatina Roma, Italy
3 Doctoral School, Medical Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurosciences, University of Padua, Italy
4 Department of Innovation in Mechanics and Management (DIMEG), University of Padua, Via Venezia Padova, Italy
Correspondence should be addressed to Stefano Masiero; stef.masiero@tiscali.itReceived 26 April 2013; Accepted 18 September 2013 Academic Editor: Michael JacobsCopyright © 2013 Patrizia Poli et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Introduction
. The role of robotics in post stroke patients’ rehabilitation has been investigated intensively. This paper presents the state-of-the-art and the possible future role of robotics in post stroke rehabilitation, for both upper and lower limbs.
Materials and Methods
Giovanni Morone, 2,3
Giulio Rosati, 4
and Stefano Masiero 1
1 Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani, Padova, Italy
2 Clinical Laboratory of Experimental Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS Santa Lucia foundation, Via Ardeatina Roma, Italy
3 Doctoral School, Medical Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurosciences, University of Padua, Italy
4 Department of Innovation in Mechanics and Management (DIMEG), University of Padua, Via Venezia Padova, Italy
Correspondence should be addressed to Stefano Masiero; stef.masiero@tiscali.itReceived 26 April 2013; Accepted 18 September 2013 Academic Editor: Michael JacobsCopyright © 2013 Patrizia Poli et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Introduction
. The role of robotics in post stroke patients’ rehabilitation has been investigated intensively. This paper presents the state-of-the-art and the possible future role of robotics in post stroke rehabilitation, for both upper and lower limbs.
Materials and Methods
We performed a comprehensive search of PubMed, Cochrane, and PeDRO databases using as keywords “robot AND stroke AND rehabilitation.”
Results and Discussion
Results and Discussion
In upper limb robotic rehabilitation, training seems to improve arm function in activities of daily living. In addition, electromechanical gait training after stroke seems to be effective. It is still unclear whether robot assisted arm training may improve muscle strength, and which electromechanical gait training device may be the most effective for walking training implementation.
Conclusions
Conclusions
In the field of robotic technologies for stroke patients’ rehabilitation we identified currently relevant growing points and areas timely for developing research. Among the growing points there is the development of new easily transportable, wearable devices that could improve rehabilitation also after discharge, in an outpatient or home based setting. For developing research, efforts are being made to establish the ideal type of treatment, the length and amount of training protocol, and the patient’s characteristics to be successfully enrolled to this treatment.
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