Development of a whole arm wearable robotic exoskeleton for rehabilitation and to assist upper limb movements

Ask your doctor if this was ever tested on stroke survivors. No knowledge of it, proof of incompetency for 10 years!

But it's not wearable at all!

 Development of a whole arm wearable robotic exoskeleton for rehabilitation and to assist upper limb movements

M. H. Rahman†,‡∗, M. J. Rahman†, O. L. Cristobal†,
M. Saad†, J. P. Kenn´e† and P. S. Archambault‡,§
†Department of Electrical Engineering, ´Ecole de Technologie Sup´erieure (ETS), Montr´eal, Canada
‡School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montr´eal, Canada
§Interdisciplinary Research Center in Rehabilitation (CRIR), Montr´eal, Canada
(Accepted December 22, 2013)
SUMMARY
To assist physically disabled people with impaired upper limb function, we have developed a new
7-DOF exoskeleton-type robot named Motion Assistive Robotic-Exoskeleton for Superior Extremity
(ETS-MARSE) to ease daily upper limb movements and to provide effective rehabilitation therapy
to the superior extremity. The ETS-MARSE comprises a shoulder motion support part, an elbow
and forearm motion support part, and a wrist motion support part. It is designed to be worn on the
lateral side of the upper limb in order to provide naturalistic movements of the shoulder (vertical
and horizontal flexion/extension and internal/external rotation), elbow (flexion/extension), forearm
(pronation/supination), and wrist joint (radial/ulnar deviation and flexion/extension). This paper
focuses on the modeling, design, development, and control of the ETS-MARSE. Experiments were
carried out with healthy male human subjects in whom trajectory tracking in the form of passive
rehabilitation exercises (i.e., pre-programmed trajectories recommended by a therapist/clinician)
were carried out. Experimental results show that the ETS-MARSE can efficiently perform passive
rehabilitation therapy.

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Why a stroke laboratory is needed for testing products, stores and companies to give out Deans' stroke seal of approval.
Pictures are from a Wendy's I was just at. The bad one was unusable because my spastic bent left arm would hit the metal side. The left hand has no ability to hold anything in it. Both are problematic if you only have one useable hand because they don't have a holder underneath the spout to hold the little cups. Luckily I do have enough control to push down on the lever using all the muscles in the whole left side of my body.

The good one, plenty of space around it.

The bad one, not enough space on left.

New research highlights importance of stroke tests

What a joke, if you want to asses the level of damage you do PET and MRI scans to objectively diagnose the damage, not this  questionnaire crap. Nothing here is repeatable/comparable in any clinical study.
New research highlights importance of stroke tests 
A tool used to assess the level of damage done to the brain after a stroke is incredibly valuable, new research has suggested.

The findings, published in the journal Clinical Rehabilitation, looked at the efficiency of the ‘Patient-Reported Evaluation of Cognitive State’ (PRECiS), a 27-item questionnaire that aims to identify the cognitive problems of stroke survivors and is used to help measure progress that is made during rehabilitation.
Dr Emma Patchick, lead author of the study, said people who survive a stroke often have very different experiences of the impact of cognitive difficulties, depending on their life situation.
PRECiS was originally designed to help assess clinical trials but has since been influenced by people who have experienced a stroke and now acts as a therapeutic tool, which is effective and reliable, according to the research.
Dr Patchick said including patients' perspectives is important for understanding if a treatment has been effective, and PRECiS provides a way to measure this in cognitive rehabilitation.
When someone suffers a stroke, it's likely that they will experience problems with thinking and understanding, which can mean they have difficulties with their memory, attention, speech and many other areas of everyday life.
These cognitive impairments can also have an impact on a person's confidence and ability to recover from their trauma. However, there are limited tools that can help them in this area, but the new study suggests PRECiS could be an effective resource.
"It asks not just whether you have a cognitive problem, but whether that problem is bothering you and affecting your life," Dr Patchick explained.
She said the study shows some positive findings for how PRECiS can be used to measure these skills and indicates a number of "exciting future avenues to explore". However, she added that there is more research needed to better understand how it works for different people, as well as its clinical value.