Customized interactive robotic treatment for stroke: EMG-triggered therapy

Author

Dipietro, Laura ; Ferraro, Mark ; Palazzolo, Jerome Joseph ; Krebs, Hermano Igo ; Volpe, Bruce T. ; Hogan, Neville

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

13

Issue

3

fYear

2005

Firstpage

325

Lastpage

334

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.

Keywords

biomechanics; electromyography; handicapped aids; medical robotics; EMG-triggered therapy; customized interactive robotic treatment; electromyography; muscles; point-to-point movements; robot-assisted therapy; stroke patients; stroke recovery; Biomechanics; Electromyography; Force measurement; Humans; Laboratories; Mechanical engineering; Medical treatment; Patient monitoring; Rehabilitation robotics; Robot sensing systems; Myoelectric control; robot-assisted rehabilitation; stroke; Aged; Chronic Disease; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Electromyography; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Motion Therapy, Continuous Passive; Motor Skills; Muscle, Skeletal; Paresis; Physical Examination; Physical Stimulation; Robotics; Stroke; Therapy, Computer-Assisted; Upper Extremity; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1534-4320

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNSRE.2005.850423

Filename

1506819