Customized interactive robotic treatment for stroke: EMG-triggered therapy.
A system for electromyographic (EMG) triggering of robot-assisted therapy (dubbed the EMG game) for stroke patients is presented. The onset of a patient's attempt to move is detected by monitoring EMG in selected muscles, whereupon the robot assists her or him to perform point-to-point movements in a horizontal plane. Besides delivering customized robot-assisted therapy, the system can record signals that may be useful to better understand the process of recovery from stroke. Preliminary experiments aimed at testing the proposed system and gaining insight into the potential of EMG-triggered, robot-assisted therapy are reported.
Dipietro
Laura
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Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. lauradp@mit.edu
Ferraro
Mark
M
Palazzolo
Jerome Joseph
JJ
Krebs
Hermano Igo
HI
Volpe
Bruce T
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Hogan
Neville
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D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015915:Motion Therapy, Continuous Passive / Q000379:methods*; D009048:Motor Skills; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D010291:Paresis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D010812:Physical Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014584:User-Computer Interface