title: Customized interactive robotic treatment for stroke: EMG-triggered therapy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. lauradp@mit.edu
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dipietro
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferraro
authors.forename: Jerome Joseph
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Palazzolo
authors.forename: Hermano Igo
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: Bruce T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Volpe
authors.forename: Neville
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hogan
mesh_terms: 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