title: A quantitative approach in the treatment of hemiplegic patients using an electropneumatic platform.
abstract: Exercise is the central feature in the rehabilitative treatment of hemiplegic patients. In cognitive rehabilitation, great importance is attributed to the recovery of a sufficient number of proprioceptive channels before expecting the patient to regain voluntary control. The PERM [Piattaforma (Platform), Elettropneumatica (Electropneumatic) per (for) Riabilitazione (Rehabilitation) Motoria (Motor)] is a new device that can be used in the treatment of the lower limbs to provide the patient with controlled and quantifiable mechanical stimuli, thus enabling the therapist to adopt a more rigorous approach to treatment even in the very early stages of rehabilitation. Alternatively, the system can be used in a different operating mode as a normal biofeedback system capable of displaying on-screen the extent to which voluntary load has been transferred to the lower limb.
authors.affiliation: Electronics Department, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pepino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bracale
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iocco
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000503:physiopathology; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012984:Software