Stefano Masiero, Patrizia Poli, Mario Armani, Ferlini Gregorio, Rizzello Roberto, Rosati Giulio
Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, via Giustiniani 1, 35128 Padova, Italy.
Medical Management, Eremo Hospital, Arco (Trento), Italy.
Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:265634. doi: 10.1155/2014/265634. Epub 2014 Apr 23.
Stroke is the first cause of disability. Several robotic devices have been developed for stroke rehabilitation. Robot therapy by NeReBot is demonstrated to be an effective tool for the treatment of poststroke paretic upper limbs, able to improve the activities of daily living of stroke survivors when used both as additional treatment and in partial substitution of conventional rehabilitation therapy in the acute and subacute phases poststroke. This study presents the evaluation of the costs related to delivering such therapy, in comparison with conventional rehabilitation treatment. By comparing several NeReBot treatment protocols, made of different combinations of robotic and nonrobotic exercises, we show that robotic technology can be a valuable and economically sustainable aid in the management of poststroke patient rehabilitation.
中风是导致残疾的首要原因。已经开发了几种用于中风康复的机器人设备。NeReBot机器人疗法被证明是治疗中风后上肢麻痹的有效工具，在中风后的急性期和亚急性期，作为额外治疗以及部分替代传统康复治疗使用时，能够改善中风幸存者的日常生活活动能力。本研究呈现了与传统康复治疗相比，提供这种治疗的相关成本评估。通过比较由机器人和非机器人练习的不同组合构成的几种NeReBot治疗方案，我们表明机器人技术在中风患者康复管理中可以是一种有价值且经济上可持续的辅助手段。
