Soft robotics and functional electrical stimulation advances for restoring hand function in people with SCI: a narrative review, clinical guidelines and future directions

Table 1 Related study reviews from the last 5 years

Group	Intervention aim		Target population		Affected function			Assessment
	Assistive	Therapeutic	SCI only	Multiple	Hand only	UL	Multiple	P	S
Soft robotics
Tran et al. 2021 [31]	\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)			\(\checkmark\)
Proulx et al. 2020 [28]	\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)			\(\checkmark\)
Dávila-Vilchis et al. 2020 [27]	\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)				\(\checkmark\)
Sarac et al. 2019 [32]	\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)				\(\checkmark\)
Chu et al. 2018 [25]	\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)				\(\checkmark\)
Gassert et al. 2018 [33]		\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)			\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)
Shahid et al. 2018 [29]	\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)				\(\checkmark\)
FES
Marquez-Chin et al. 2020 [34]	\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)			\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)
Kapadia et al. 2020 [17]		\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)
Luo et al. 2020 [35]	\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)				\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)
Milosevic et al. 2020 [14]	\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)
Degnan et al. 2017 [36]	\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)			\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)
FES + Soft Robotics
Dunkelberger et al. 2020 [30]	\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)			\(\checkmark\)			\(\checkmark\)
Our study	\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)	\(\checkmark\)		\(\checkmark\)			\(\checkmark\)

ISSN: 1743-0003