Hu Xiaoling, Tong K Y, Li R, Chen M, Xue J J, Ho S K, Chen P N
Dept. of health technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hum, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2010;154:223-8.
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) and rehabilitation robots are techniques used to assist in post-stroke rehabilitation. However, FES and rehabilitation robots are still separate systems currently; and their combined training effects on persons after experiencing a stroke have not been well studied yet. In this work, a new combined FES-robot system driven by user's voluntary intention was developed for wrist joint training after stroke. The performance of the FES-robot assisted wrist tracking was evaluated on five subjects with chronic stroke. With simultaneous assistance from both the FES and robot parts of the system, the motion accuracy was improved and excessive activation in elbow flexor was reduced during wrist tracking.
功能性电刺激(FES)和康复机器人是用于辅助中风后康复的技术。然而,FES和康复机器人目前仍是独立的系统;它们对中风患者的联合训练效果尚未得到充分研究。在这项工作中,开发了一种由用户自主意图驱动的新型FES-机器人组合系统,用于中风后的腕关节训练。对五名慢性中风患者评估了FES-机器人辅助手腕跟踪的性能。在系统的FES和机器人部分的同时辅助下,手腕跟踪过程中的运动准确性得到提高,并减少了肘屈肌的过度激活。