title: Improving the ROM of wrist movements in stroke patients by means of a haptic wrist robot.
abstract: A 3 DoFs haptic wrist robot is used to measure and/or assist the movement of the wrist on three axes: flexion/extension (F/E), abduction/adduction (A/A), pronation/ supination (P/S). An assistance scheme based on the widely used progressive splinting therapy is proposed and its efficacy is tested within a group of nine chronic stroke patients, during a pilot study consisting of 2 sessions. Preliminary outcomes show that the technique is effective with the very distal part of wrist involving F/E and A/A but results in a reduced motor improvement for the P/S where proximal part of the arm is involved.
authors.affiliation: Dept ofRobotics, Brain, and Cognitive Sciences, Italian Institute of Technology, Via Morego, 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy. valentina.squeri@iit.it
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Squeri
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Masia
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Taverna
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morasso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D008875:Middle Aged; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014955:Wrist Joint