Rehabilitation of grasping and forearm pronation/supination with the Haptic Knob

With such positive results what has your doctor and stroke hospital done with this in the last 13 years? NOTHING? Then you don't have a functioning stroke doctor or hospital!

Rehabilitation of grasping and forearm pronation/supination with the Haptic Knob

Olivier Lambercy; Ludovic Dovat; Hong Yun; Seng Kwee Wee; Christopher Kuah; Karen Chua; Roger Gassert; Theodore Milner; Chee Leong Teo; Etienne Burdet

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• I.
  INTRODUCTION
• II.
  MATERIALS AND METHODS
• III.
  RESULTS
• IV.
  DISCUSSION
• V.
  CONCLUSION

Abstract:

This paper investigates robot-assisted rehabilitation after stroke using the haptic knob, a 2 degree-of-freedom end-effector based robotic device to train grasping and wrist pronation/supination. Nine chronic stroke subjects trained over a period of 6 weeks, with 3 one-hour sessions of robot-assisted therapy per week, consisting of two exercises requiring active participation promoted by therapeutic games. Results of standard clinical assessments demonstrate the positive effects of robot-assisted therapy with the haptic knob. Subjects improved by a mean of 4.3 points in the Fugl-Meyer assessment scale, together with a decrease in hand impairments such as abnormal muscle tone frequently observed in stroke subjects. Significant improvements were also observed in motor function of the upper arm as a result of the robot-assisted therapy, suggesting homogeneous improvement of upper limb function as a result of distal training.

Published in: 2009 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

Date of Conference: 23-26 June 2009

Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 21 August 2009

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INSPEC Accession Number: 10838003