Customized Interactive Robotic Treatment for Stroke: EMG-Triggered Therapy

L. Dipietro, M. Ferraro, J.J. Palazzolo, H.I. Krebs, B.T. Volpe, N. Hogan
2005 IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering  
A system for electromyographic (EMG) triggering of robot-assisted therapy (dubbed the EMG game) for stroke patients is presented. The onset of a patient's attempt to move is detected by monitoring EMG in selected muscles, whereupon the robot assists her or him to perform point-to-point movements in a horizontal plane. Besides delivering customized robot-assisted therapy, the system can record signals that may be useful to better understand the process of recovery from stroke. Preliminary
more » ... ents aimed at testing the proposed system and gaining insight into the potential of EMG-triggered, robot-assisted therapy are reported.
doi:10.1109/tnsre.2005.850423 pmid:16200756 pmcid:PMC2752646 fatcat:zgejoddvljee5f5fsfqqisz6ui