TY - GEN
T1 - A framework for supervised robotics-assisted mirror rehabilitation therapy
AU - Shahbazi, Mahya
AU - Atashzar, S. Farokh
AU - Patel, Rajni V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/10/31
Y1 - 2014/10/31
N2 - In this paper, a novel robotics-assisted rehabilitation framework is proposed for bilateral mirror-image therapy. For this purpose, a customized dual-user teleoperation architecture is designed incorporating Guidance Virtual Fixtures (GVFs) to deliver the appropriate therapeutic movements to the patient's impaired limb by providing an assist-as-needed treatment strategy. In addition, the therapist is provided with informative haptic feedback that is generated based on the patient's movements, allowing the therapist to decide in real-time on the level and format of the therapy required for the patient. Stability of the closed-loop system is also investigated using the small gain theorem, in the presence of communication time delays, facilitating the case of remote tele-rehabilitation. Experimental results are given to validate the performance of the proposed platform.
AB - In this paper, a novel robotics-assisted rehabilitation framework is proposed for bilateral mirror-image therapy. For this purpose, a customized dual-user teleoperation architecture is designed incorporating Guidance Virtual Fixtures (GVFs) to deliver the appropriate therapeutic movements to the patient's impaired limb by providing an assist-as-needed treatment strategy. In addition, the therapist is provided with informative haptic feedback that is generated based on the patient's movements, allowing the therapist to decide in real-time on the level and format of the therapy required for the patient. Stability of the closed-loop system is also investigated using the small gain theorem, in the presence of communication time delays, facilitating the case of remote tele-rehabilitation. Experimental results are given to validate the performance of the proposed platform.
KW - Bilateral rehabilitation
KW - Dual-user teleoperation system
KW - Mirror-Therapy
KW - Robotics-assisted rehabilitation
KW - Tele-rehabilitation
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U2 - 10.1109/IROS.2014.6943061
DO - 10.1109/IROS.2014.6943061
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84911474574
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
SP - 3567
EP - 3572
BT - IROS 2014 Conference Digest - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2014
Y2 - 14 September 2014 through 18 September 2014
ER -