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A Human-machine-interface Integrating Low-cost Sensors with a Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation System for Post-stroke Balance Rehabilitation
Published on: April 12, 2016
Training stroke patients with continuous tracking movements: evaluating the improvement of voluntary control
M Casadio1, P Giannoni, P Morasso
1University of Genoa, Dept. of Informatics, Systems, Telecom., Via Opera Pia 13, 16145 Genoa, Italy. maura.casadio@unige.it
Abstract:
We report on a pilot study of robot therapy with stroke patients. Patients were requested to track a continuously moving target according to a figure-of-eight. Assistance was provided by an attractive force field, whose magnitude was regulated according to a principle of minimal assistance and a principle of consolidation of the learned memory trace. From the analysis of the assistive forces, we show that subjects improve their degree of voluntary control.
