TY - GEN
T1 - Efficacy of robotic rehabilitation of ankle impairments in children with cerebral palsy
AU - Wu, Yi Ning
AU - Ren, Yupeng
AU - Hwang, Miriam
AU - Gaebler-Spira, Deborah J.
AU - Zhang, Li Qun
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The current study introduces a novel rehabilitation robot for treatment of impaired ankle in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The treatment consisted of passive stretching under intelligent control and active movement training with motivating game-playing using the portable robot. After 18 sessions of training (3 sessions/week for 6 weeks), we found significant improvement in 12 children with CP in terms of improved passive and active ranges of motion, selective motor control and mobility functions. The positive outcomes of this study along with the improvements in motor control and functional activities suggest that robotic rehabilitation provides a useful and convenient option of treatment in clinic or patient home for more accessible and frequent rehabilitation.
AB - The current study introduces a novel rehabilitation robot for treatment of impaired ankle in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The treatment consisted of passive stretching under intelligent control and active movement training with motivating game-playing using the portable robot. After 18 sessions of training (3 sessions/week for 6 weeks), we found significant improvement in 12 children with CP in terms of improved passive and active ranges of motion, selective motor control and mobility functions. The positive outcomes of this study along with the improvements in motor control and functional activities suggest that robotic rehabilitation provides a useful and convenient option of treatment in clinic or patient home for more accessible and frequent rehabilitation.
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U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626043
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626043
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 21095776
AN - SCOPUS:78650806603
SN - 9781424441235
T3 - 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
SP - 4481
EP - 4484
BT - 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
T2 - 2010 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
Y2 - 31 August 2010 through 4 September 2010
ER -