A paradigm shift for rehabilitation robotics

TLDR

Therapeutic robots enhance clinician productivity in facilitating patient recovery. The authors review published clinical literature, report initial stroke results, extend to other neurological diseases, and highlight the technology’s underexploited evaluation potential. They present initial clinical results in stroke and other neurological diseases through case studies and literature review. The article overviews the remarkable growth in therapeutic robotics and shares experiences with their devices.

Abstract

Therapeutic robots enhance clinician productivity in facilitating patient recovery. In this article, we presented an overview of the remarkable growth in the activities in the area of therapeutic robotics and of experiences with our devices. We briefly review the published clinical literature in this emerging field and our initial clinical results in stroke. However, we also report our initial efforts that go beyond stroke, broadening the potential population that might benefit from this class of technology by discussing case studies of applications to other neurological diseases. We will also highlight the underexploited potential of this technology as an evaluation tool.