Affordable stroke therapy in high-, low- and middle-income countries: From Theradrive to Rehab CARES, a compact robot gym
| Autor: | Sarath Barathi, Michelle J. Johnson, Karla Bustamante-Valles, Rochelle Mendonca, Roshan Rai |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Special Collection: Affordable Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies
medicine.medical_specialty Design medicine.medical_treatment 0206 medical engineering global health 02 engineering and technology computer.software_genre Lower limb rehabilitation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation motivation medicine low- and middle-income countries Haptic technology neurorehabilitation Rehabilitation Multimedia business.industry Mechatronics high-income countries 020601 biomedical engineering stroke robot therapy Low and middle income countries Robot haptic business computer High income countries 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering |
| ISSN: | 2055-6683 |
| Popis: | Affordable technology-assisted stroke rehabilitation approaches can improve access to rehabilitation for low-resource environments characterized by the limited availability of rehabilitation experts and poor rehabilitation infrastructure. This paper describes the evolution of an approach to the implementation of affordable, technology-assisted stroke rehabilitation which relies on low-cost mechatronic/robot devices integrated with off-the-shelf or custom games. Important lessons learned from the evolution and use of Theradrive in the USA and in Mexico are briefly described. We present how a stronger and more compact version of the Theradrive is leveraged in the development of a new low-cost, all-in-one robot gym with four exercise stations for upper and lower limb therapy called Rehab Community-based Affordable Robot Exercise System (Rehab C.A.R.E.S). Three of the exercise stations are designed to accommodate versions of the 1 DOF haptic Theradrive with different custom handles or off-the-shelf commercial motion machine. The fourth station leverages a unique configuration of Wii-boards. Overall, results from testing versions of Theradrive in USA and Mexico in a robot gym suggest that the resulting presentation of the Rehab C.A.R.E.S robot gym can be deployed as an affordable computer/robot-assisted solution for stroke rehabilitation in developed and developing countries. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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