Robotic Ankle Assessment Post-Stroke: Reliability, Comparison to Therapists, and Benchmark Dataset Development.

ABSTRACT: In rehabilitation research, coarse clinical outcome measures may limit the sensitivity of trials by failing to detect meaningful intervention-induced changes. Sensorized robotic platforms can potentially improve the evaluation of motor function, yet their reliability compared to skilled therapists remains unclear. This study utilized a robotic device to measure two fundamental impairments that are critical to ankle function: range of motion (ROM, active and passive) and dorsiflexion maximum voluntary contraction (MVC). In 34 chronic hemiparetic post-stroke individuals, we assessed test-retest reliability over two days for the robot and experienced therapists, who used a goniometer and manual muscle testing (MMT). We also evaluated robotic test-retest reliability in 36 young and 26 older un

SUBMITTER: Johnson CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12568168 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature