The World Health Organization estimates that about 15% of the worldLs population has
some form of disability [1]. Rehabilitation has a key role in decreasing the level of disability …

Introduction. The role of robotics in poststroke patients' rehabilitation has been investigated
intensively. This paper presents the state‐of‐the‐art and the possible future role of robotics …

Rehabilitation robotics is a research area, originating in engineering, that has emerged in
the last decade. Its broad aim is to use robot technology to assist people with movement …

Methods A search was carried out for relevant randomized controlled trials, published
between 1980 and 2007, on Medline (PubMed), Embase, and CINHAL. Results Two studies …

Robots were used for rehabilitation purposes since the 1960s. Application of robots in
rehabilitation was initially more focused on replacing lost functions in individuals with …

Currently in neurorehabilitation robotic devices are mostly applied for rehabilitation of the
motor functions of the lower and upper extremities. Even if in recent research autonomous …

Robots are being developed for a broad array of applications within rehabilitation, including
use as exercise aids, activity of daily life (ADL) aids, mobility aids, and remote presence …

Introduction: Robot-assisted therapy is an emerging approach that performs highly
repetitive, intensive, task oriented and quantifiable neuro-rehabilitation. In the last decades …

Technology-supported training is emerging as a solution to support therapists in their efforts
providing high-intensity, repetitive, and task-specific treatment, in order to enhance the …

BACKGROUND: During the last two decades, extensive interaction between clinicians and
engineers has led to the development of systems that stimulate neural plasticity to optimize …