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Design of an Elastic Actuation System for a Gait-Assistive Active Orthosis for Incomplete Spinal Cord Injured Subjects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A spinal cord injury severely reduces the quality of life of affected people. Following the injury, limitations of the ability to move may occur due to the disruption of the motor and sensory functions of the nervous system depending on the severity of
Stuhlenmiller, Florian
core   +1 more source

Factors Affecting the Quality of Life of Parents of Children With Spina Bifida: The Mediating Role of Family Resilience

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 2, Page 1371-1381, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Aims To investigate factors affecting the quality of life of parents of children with spina bifida and examine how family resilience mediates between parental depression and quality of life. Design Cross–sectional study. Methods Secondary data analysis was performed using first‐year data from a five‐year spina bifida cohort project (2022–2026)
Kyua Kim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feasibility of a second iteration wrist and hand supported training system for self-administered training at home in chronic stroke [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Telerehabilitation allows continued rehabilitation at home after discharge. The use of rehabilitation technology supporting wrist and hand movements within a motivational gaming environment could enable patients to train independently and ultimately ...
Amirabdollahian, Farshid   +5 more
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Design and Evaluation of the LOPES Exoskeleton Robot for Interactive Gait Rehabilitation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper introduces a newly developed gait rehabilitation device. The device, called LOPES, combines a freely translatable and 2-D-actuated pelvis segment with a leg exoskeleton containing three actuated rotational joints: two at the hip and one at the
Asseldonk, Edwin H.F. van   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Characteristics of Cerebral Palsy in the Midwestern US

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Volume 13, Issue 1, Page 21-35, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common lifelong motor disability worldwide. Yet, data is limited on how CP manifests in the US. Our objective was to characterize and determine factors affecting functional outcomes in a large population of young people with CP in the Midwestern US.
Susie Kim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of quality of life and depression in veterans and non-veterans with below knee traumatic amputation

open access: yesطب جانباز, 2014
Aims: From the rehabilitation viewpoint, amputation is considered as a deficit that may result in individual disability and it has some social problems consequences.
M. Fahimi, M. Kamali, H. Saeedi
doaj  

Locomotor adaptation to a powered ankle-foot orthosis depends on control method

open access: yesJournal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2007
Background We studied human locomotor adaptation to powered ankle-foot orthoses with the intent of identifying differences between two different orthosis control methods. The first orthosis control method used a footswitch to provide bang-bang control (a
Gordon Keith E   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Robot‐Assisted Remote Rehabilitation System for Ankle Fractures Based on Predictive Force and Full‐Cycle Training Strategy

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2026.
This study presents a robot‐assisted remote rehabilitation system for postoperative ankle fractures. The 2.634 kg modular system uses wireless control and deep learning to predict force delays, achieving 100 Hz control (normalized root mean square error ≤ 10.89%).
Zhiyuan He   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Origami‐Inspired Cable‐Driven Continuum Robot

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2026.
A cable‐driven origami‐inspired continuum robot with dual bending‐contraction freedom is presented, overcoming monofunctional limitations of existing designs. A multijoint prototype demonstrates significant adaptability for shape‐variable grasping. Embedded structural conformality further supports a customizable wrist orthosis with dual rehabilitation ...
Zhichuan Tang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design a New Orthosis and Assessment of Its Effects on Knee Joint Kinetics and Kinematics During Gait

open access: yesBiyumikānīk-i varzishī, 2015
Objective: The number of people suffering from Osteoarthritis (OA) is increasing. Treatment of OA can be done with or without surgery. The most common treatment is using orthosis.
Mostafa Kamali   +3 more
doaj  

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