Expert system-based post-stroke robotic rehabilitation for hemiparetic arm
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description: Approximately 50 to 60 percent of the more than five million stroke survivors are moderately or minimally impaired, and may greatly benefit from rehabilitation. It is widely accepted that most of the motor recovery occurs within the first one year from the onset of stroke and tends to plateau soon after. However, in recent years, clinical studies have shown that chronic stroke patients can have motor recovery even after four to ten years. Hence, there is a strong need for cost-effective, long-term rehabilitation solutions. Long-term rehabilitation requires the therapist to provide repetitive movements to the affected limb. In order to provide the repetitive movements, robotic devices have been developed. However, the few commercially available robots lack comprehensive rehabilitation software. Therapists are required to spend a considerable amount of time programming the robot, monitoring the patients, analyzing the data from the robot, and assessing the progress of the patients. This dissertation focuses on designing, developing, and clinically testing an expert system-based post-stroke robotic rehabilitation system for hemiparetic arm. The expert system and the associated software tools help in testing the patient, suggesting treatment options, training the patient, analyzing the data from the robot, and monitoring the patient’s progress. Perhaps the most important step in developing a rehabilitation system is to understand the clinical practices of stroke treatment. In order to accomplish this, interviews and discussions were conducted with physical and occupational therapists. Based on their input, a survey was conducted among the physical and occupational therapists in Kansas and Missouri. The survey respondents answered many questions regarding stroke rehabilitation in general, as well as robotic rehabilitation of the upper limb. After analyzing the survey responses and perusing the current literature, a robotic rehabilitation treatment protocol was developed …
abstract: Approximately 50 to 60 percent of the more than five million stroke survivors are moderately or minimally impaired, and may greatly benefit from rehabilitation. It is widely accepted that most of the motor recovery occurs within the first one year from the onset of stroke and tends to plateau soon after. However, in recent years, clinical studies have shown that chronic stroke patients can have motor recovery even after four to ten years. Hence, there is a strong need for cost-effective, long-term rehabilitation solutions. Long-term rehabilitation requires the therapist to provide repetitive movements to the affected limb. In order to provide the repetitive movements, robotic devices have been developed. However, the few commercially available robots lack comprehensive rehabilitation software. Therapists are required to spend a considerable amount of time programming the robot, monitoring the patients, analyzing the data from the robot, and assessing the progress of the patients. This dissertation focuses on designing, developing, and clinically testing an expert system-based post-stroke robotic rehabilitation system for hemiparetic arm. The expert system and the associated software tools help in testing the patient, suggesting treatment options, training the patient, analyzing the data from the robot, and monitoring the patient’s progress. Perhaps the most important step in developing a rehabilitation system is to understand the clinical practices of stroke treatment. In order to accomplish this, interviews and discussions were conducted with physical and occupational therapists. Based on their input, a survey was conducted among the physical and occupational therapists in Kansas and Missouri. The survey respondents answered many questions regarding stroke rehabilitation in general, as well as robotic rehabilitation of the upper limb. After analyzing the survey responses and perusing the current literature, a robotic rehabilitation treatment protocol was developed …
author: Natarajan, Pradeep
keywords: Applied sciences, Hemiparetic arm, Poststroke, Robotic rehabilitation
date published: 2007-05-31
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:44:44Z
provider: University of Kansas
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Kansas

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