Work with me, not for me: Relationship between robotic assistance and performance in subacute and chronic stroke patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Studies in robotic therapy which applied the performance enhancement approach report improvements in motor performance during training, though these improvements do not always transfer to motor learning.

Objectives

We postulate that there exists an assistance threshold for which performance saturates. Above this threshold, the robot's input outweighs the patient's input and likely learning is not fostered. This study investigated the relationship between assistance and performance changes in stroke patients to find the assistance threshold for performance saturation.

Methods

Twelve subacute and chronic stroke patients engaged in five sessions (over two weeks, each 60 min) in which they performed a reaching task with the rehabilitation robot H-Man in prese

SUBMITTER: Kager S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6952851 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature