Title :
A follow-up on humanoid-mediated stroke physical rehabilitation
Author :
Jung, Hee-Tae ; Choe, Yu-Kyong ; Baird, Jennifer ; Grupen, Roderic A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
Abstract :
We report the results of standardized tests on a single subject with a stroke at 4, 20 and 28 weeks after completion of the study. These results follow from previous work [1]. The subject demonstrated sustained improvement in motor function 28 weeks after completing the study. In addition to quantitative results, the questionnaire results by the subject and the spouse testify that the subjective user experience was also positive. This further advocates the use of general purpose robots to complement human therapists.0
Keywords :
humanoid robots; medical robotics; mobile robots; patient rehabilitation; telerobotics; human therapists; humanoid-mediated stroke physical rehabilitation; motor function; single subject; spouse testify; standardized tests; subjective user experience; Computer science; Extremities; Humans; Medical treatment; Motor drives; Robots; USA Councils; Autonomous Agents; Embodied Agent; Healthcare; Physical Rehab; Stroke; Telepresence;
Conference_Titel :
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2012 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4503-1063-5
Electronic_ISBN :
2167-2121
