Krebs Hermano Igo, Saitoh Eiichi, Hogan Neville
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, 620 W Lexington St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine I, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan; Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine I, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan.
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2015 Nov;26(4):691-702. doi: 10.1016/j.pmr.2015.06.003. Epub 2015 Aug 21.
There has been remarkable growth in the development and application of robotics to ameliorate or remediate impairment. This growth is associated with a) the understanding that plasticity is a fundamental property of the adult human brain and might be harnessed to remap or create new neural pathways and b) that robots that can safely interact with humans and assist human performance. This article discusses whether robotic therapy has achieved a level of maturity to justify its broad adoption as a rehabilitative tool. How to improve outcomes further and how to select degrees of freedom to optimize care to particular patients is also discussed.
机器人技术在改善或修复功能障碍方面的开发和应用取得了显著进展。这种进展与以下两点相关：a）认识到可塑性是成人大脑的基本属性，或许可以利用它来重新映射或创建新的神经通路；b）认识到机器人能够与人类安全互动并协助人类活动。本文探讨了机器人疗法是否已达到足够成熟的水平，从而有理由将其作为一种康复工具广泛采用。还讨论了如何进一步提高治疗效果，以及如何选择自由度以优化针对特定患者的护理。
