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A detailed gait analysis (e.g., measures related to speed, self-affinity, stability, and variability) can help to unravel the underlying causes of gait dysfunction, and identify cognitive impairment. However, ...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:84
Published on: 15 August 2017
Review
Clinically useful and efficient assessment of balance during standing and walking is especially challenging in patients with neurological disorders. However, rehabilitation robots could facilitate assessment p...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:80
Published on: 14 August 2017
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Although several studies have investigated the outcomes after distal hamstring lengthening (DHL), no study has undertaken an approach that included all or most of the important factors that could influence the...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:83
Published on: 14 August 2017
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Currently, the typically adopted hand prosthesis surface electromyography (sEMG) control strategies do not provide the users with a natural control feeling and do not exploit all the potential of commercially ...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:82
Published on: 14 August 2017
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Variations in the amplitude of surface electromyograms (EMGs) are typically considered to advance inferences on the timing and degree of muscle activation in different circumstances. Surface EMGs are however a...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:81
Published on: 14 August 2017
Review
Millions of patients around the world are affected by neurological and psychiatric disorders. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a device-based therapy that could have fewer side-effects and higher efficiencies i...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:79
Published on: 11 August 2017
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The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test may be a useful tool to detect not only mobility impairment but also possible cognitive impairment. In this cross-sectional study, we used the TUG test to investigate the associa...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:78
Published on: 8 August 2017
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Approximately 33% of the patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) who undergo surgery are not satisfied with their postoperative clinical outcomes. Therefore, identifying predictors for postoperative outcome...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:77
Published on: 18 July 2017
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Robot-assisted gait therapy is increasingly being used in pediatric neurorehabilitation to complement conventional physical therapy. The robotic device applied in this study, the Lokomat (Hocoma AG, Switzerlan...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:76
Published on: 14 July 2017
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Recent study suggests that tremor signals are transmitted by way of multi-synaptic corticospinal pathway. Neurophysiological studies have also demonstrated that cutaneous afferents exert potent inhibition to d...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:75
Published on: 14 July 2017
Review
Here we provide an overview of findings and viewpoints on the mechanisms of sensorimotor learning presented at the 2016 Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement (BANCOM) conference in Deer Creek, OH. This f...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:74
Published on: 13 July 2017
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Different groups developed wearable robots for walking assistance, but there is still a need for methods to quickly tune actuation parameters for each robot and population or sometimes even for individual user...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:72
Published on: 12 July 2017
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Adults with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) can benefit from devices that actively support their arm function. A critical component of such devices is the control interface as it is responsible for the human...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:73
Published on: 12 July 2017
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Electrical stimulation of the peripheral nerves has been shown to be effective in restoring sensory and motor functions in the lower and upper extremities. This neural stimulation can be applied via non-penetr...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:70
Published on: 11 July 2017
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Myoelectric pattern recognition systems can decode movement intention to drive upper-limb prostheses. Despite recent advances in academic research, the commercial adoption of such systems remains low. This lim...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:71
Published on: 11 July 2017
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Limb prosthetics, exoskeletons, and neurorehabilitation devices can be intuitively controlled using myoelectric pattern recognition (MPR) to decode the subject’s intended movement. In conventional MPR, descrip...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:68
Published on: 10 July 2017
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Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:69
Published on: 10 July 2017
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Biomarkers derived from neural activity of the brain present a vital tool for the prediction and evaluation of post-stroke motor recovery, as well as for real-time biofeedback opportunities.
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:67
Published on: 6 July 2017
Methodology
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) can be applied as an assistive and therapeutic aid in the rehabilitation of foot drop. Transcutaneous multi-pad electrodes can increase the selectivity of stimulation; h...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:66
Published on: 3 July 2017
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Gait impairments present while dual-tasking in older adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) have been associated with an increased risk of falls. Prior studies have examined prefrontal cortex (PFC) activity using...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:65
Published on: 29 June 2017
Methodology
We examined the validity and reliability of a short robotic test of upper limb proprioception, the Arm Movement Detection (AMD) test, which yields a ratio-scaled, objective outcome measure to be used for evalu...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:64
Published on: 28 June 2017
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Only very recently, studies have shown that it is possible to reduce the metabolic rate of unloaded and loaded walking using robotic ankle exoskeletons. Some studies obtained this result by means of high posit...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:62
Published on: 26 June 2017
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We aimed to investigate the separability of the neural correlates of 2 types of motor imagery, self and third person (actions owned by the participant himself vs. another individual). If possible this would al...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:63
Published on: 26 June 2017
Review
Client-centred task-oriented training is important in neurological rehabilitation but is time consuming and costly in clinical practice. The use of technology, especially motion capture systems (MCS) which are...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:61
Published on: 24 June 2017
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The RAPPER II study investigates the feasibility, safety and acceptability of using the REX self-stabilising robotic exoskeleton in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) who are obligatory wheelchair users. Fea...
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2017 14:60
Published on: 19 June 2017
