On the design of a robot-assisted rehabilitation system for ankle joint with contracture and/or spasticity based on proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation

Zhihao Zhou; Yuan Zhou; Ninghua Wang; Fan Gao; Kunlin Wei; Qining Wang

doi:10.1109/ICRA.2014.6906936

On the design of a robot-assisted rehabilitation system for ankle joint with contracture and/or spasticity based on proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation

Zhihao Zhou, Yuan Zhou, Ninghua Wang, Fan Gao, Kunlin Wei, Qining Wang

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Abstract

Ankle joint with contracture and/or spasticity can severely disable the mobility and the independence of stroke survivors. Robot-assisted rehabilitation has been proposed to support physicians in providing effective therapies. In this paper, we propose a robot-assisted ankle rehabilitation system integrated with human-computer interaction interface and acquisition of Electromyography signals, joint torque and joint angle. Furthermore, we investigate the effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) rehabilitation method applied in our robotic system. The proposed robot-assisted system has been used in real experiments and provides PNF rehabilitation to five stroke patients for six weeks. Preliminary experimental results suggest that PNF is effective in increasing ankle range of motion(ROM), decreasing ankle resistance torque, and alleviating joint stiffness.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
Pages	736-741
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479936854, 9781479936854
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2014.6906936
State	Published - Sep 22 2014
Event	2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2014 - Hong Kong, China Duration: May 31 2014 → Jun 7 2014

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Name	Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
ISSN (Print)	1050-4729

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Conference	2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2014
Country/Territory	China
City	Hong Kong
Period	5/31/14 → 6/7/14

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Zhou, Z., Zhou, Y., Wang, N., Gao, F., Wei, K., & Wang, Q. (2014). On the design of a robot-assisted rehabilitation system for ankle joint with contracture and/or spasticity based on proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation. In Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (pp. 736-741). Article 6906936 (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2014.6906936

Zhou, Zhihao ; Zhou, Yuan ; Wang, Ninghua et al. / On the design of a robot-assisted rehabilitation system for ankle joint with contracture and/or spasticity based on proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2014. pp. 736-741 (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation).

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