The existing shortage of therapists and caregivers assisting physically disabled individuals
at home is expected to increase and become serious problem in the near future. The patient …

Since the late 1990s, there has been a burst of research on robotic devices for poststroke
rehabilitation. Robot-mediated therapy produced improvements on recovery of motor …

Generating a defined motion is one of the fundamental tasks for a machine. By definition, a
robot is a universal machine dedicated to creating motion that can be freely programmed. A …

Masiero S, Celia A, Rosati G, Armani M. Robotic-assisted rehabilitation of the upper limb
after acute stroke. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether early therapy with a novel robotic …

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 …

Upper-limb impairment after stroke is caused by weakness, loss of individual joint control,
spasticity, and abnormal synergies. Upper-limb movement frequently involves abnormal …

This paper presents the development of and clinical tests on NeReBot (NEuroREhabilitation
roBOT): a three degrees-of-freedom (DoF), wire-driven robot for poststroke upper-limb …

In this paper, a novel cable-driven parallel robot, CUBE, is introduced for the assistance of
patients in rehabilitation exercising of both upper and lower limbs. The system is …

As the number of patients with impaired nerves is continuously increasing day by day
around the globe, rehabilitation training by the physical therapist is more time-consuming …

One of the primary reasons for long-term disabilities in the world is strokes. The causes of
these cerebrovascular diseases are various, ie, high blood pressure, heart disease, etc. For …