Home-based upper limb stroke rehabilitation mechatronics: challenges and opportunities.

ABSTRACT: Interest in home-based stroke rehabilitation mechatronics, which includes both robots and sensor mechanisms, has increased over the past 12 years. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing lack of access to rehabilitation for stroke survivors post-discharge. Home-based stroke rehabilitation devices could improve access to rehabilitation for stroke survivors, but the home environment presents unique challenges compared to clinics. The present study undertakes a scoping review of designs for at-home upper limb stroke rehabilitation mechatronic devices to identify important design principles and areas for improvement. Online databases were used to identify papers published 2010-2021 describing novel rehabilitation device designs, from which 59 publications were selected describing 38

SUBMITTER: Forbrigger S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10329803 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature