Effectiveness of Platform-Based Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation for Musculoskeletal or Neurologic Injuries: A Systematic Review

Bioengineering

Kris Vanhaecht¹  Matteo Ratti²  Massimiliano Panella²  Anil Babu Payedimarri²  Riccardo Rescinito² 

[1] Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium;Department of Translational Medicine (DIMET), Università del Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy;

关键词: robot-assisted training;    neurorehabilitation;    orthopedic rehabilitation;    clinical effectiveness;    platform-based robotic rehabilitation;    Parkinson’s disease;   

DOI  :  10.3390/bioengineering9040129

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

During the last ten years the use of robotic-assisted rehabilitation has increased significantly. Compared with traditional care, robotic rehabilitation has several potential advantages. Platform-based robotic rehabilitation can help patients recover from musculoskeletal and neurological conditions. Evidence on how platform-based robotic technologies can positively impact on disability recovery is still lacking, and it is unclear which intervention is most effective in individual cases. This systematic review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of platform-based robotic rehabilitation for individuals with musculoskeletal or neurological injuries. Thirty-eight studies met the inclusion criteria and evaluated the efficacy of platform-based rehabilitation robots. Our findings showed that rehabilitation with platform-based robots produced some encouraging results. Among the platform-based robots studied, the VR-based Rutgers Ankle and the Hunova were found to be the most effective robots for the rehabilitation of patients with neurological conditions (stroke, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease) and various musculoskeletal ankle injuries. Our results were drawn mainly from studies with low-level evidence, and we think that our conclusions should be taken with caution to some extent and that further studies are needed to better evaluate the effectiveness of platform-based robotic rehabilitation devices.

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