Development of ADLER: The Activities of Daily Living Exercise Robot

Author

Johnson, Michelle J. ; Wisneski, Kimberly J. ; Anderson, John ; Nathan, Dominic ; Smith, Roger O.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. Med. & Rehabilitation, Med. Coll. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

fYear

2006

fDate

20-22 Feb. 2006

Firstpage

881

Lastpage

886

Abstract

Robot-assisted therapy devices are being used in the physical and neurological rehabilitation of persons after stroke, which is the leading cause of disability among adults in the United States. Motor gains after robot-assisted therapy may not transfer to functioning on activities of daily living. It is conceivable that carryover after training may be improved through the use of training activities that are patient-centered, engaging and focused on daily living activities. We have developed the activities of daily living exercise robot (ADLER) stroke training environment to test this idea. This environment permits the consistent and repeated practice of daily living tasks such as drinking. This paper describes the ADLER training system

Keywords

medical robotics; neurophysiology; patient rehabilitation; patient treatment; United States; activities of daily living exercise robot; neurological rehabilitation; robot-assisted therapy devices; stroke; stroke training; Biomedical engineering; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Medical robotics; Medical treatment; Orbital robotics; Rehabilitation robotics; Robotics and automation; Robots; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006. BioRob 2006. The First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0040-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639202

Filename

1639202