TY - JOUR
T1 - Robot-assisted gait training for stroke patients
T2 - Current state of the art and perspectives of robotics
AU - Morone, Giovanni
AU - Paolucci, Stefano
AU - Cherubini, Andrea
AU - De Angelis, Domenico
AU - Venturiero, Vincenzo
AU - Coiro, Paola
AU - Iosa, Marco
PY - 2017/5/16
Y1 - 2017/5/16
N2 - In this review, we give a brief outline of robot-mediated gait training for stroke patients, as an important emerging field in rehabilitation. Technological innovations are allowing rehabilitation to move toward more integrated processes, with improved efficiency and less long-term impairments. In particular, robot-mediated neurorehabilitation is a rapidly advancing field, which uses robotic systems to define new methods for treating neurological injuries, especially stroke. The use of robots in gait training can enhance rehabilitation, but it needs to be used according to well-defined neuroscientific principles. The field of robot-mediated neurorehabilitation brings challenges to both bioengineering and clinical practice. This article reviews the state of the art (including commercially available systems) and perspectives of robotics in poststroke rehabilitation for walking recovery. A critical revision, including the problems at stake regarding robotic clinical use, is also presented.
AB - In this review, we give a brief outline of robot-mediated gait training for stroke patients, as an important emerging field in rehabilitation. Technological innovations are allowing rehabilitation to move toward more integrated processes, with improved efficiency and less long-term impairments. In particular, robot-mediated neurorehabilitation is a rapidly advancing field, which uses robotic systems to define new methods for treating neurological injuries, especially stroke. The use of robots in gait training can enhance rehabilitation, but it needs to be used according to well-defined neuroscientific principles. The field of robot-mediated neurorehabilitation brings challenges to both bioengineering and clinical practice. This article reviews the state of the art (including commercially available systems) and perspectives of robotics in poststroke rehabilitation for walking recovery. A critical revision, including the problems at stake regarding robotic clinical use, is also presented.
KW - Activities of daily living
KW - Exoskeleton
KW - Motor learning
KW - Neurorehabilitation
KW - Plasticity
KW - Robot-assisted walking training
KW - Wearable robot
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U2 - 10.2147/NDT.S114102
DO - 10.2147/NDT.S114102
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85019920338
VL - 13
SP - 1303
EP - 1311
JO - Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
JF - Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
SN - 1176-6328
ER -