La década que está a punto de empezar va a ser muy importante en el campo de la rehabilitación asistida por robots y las ortesis robotizadas. Hace unos años plantearse revisar todo el tema parecía fácil. Hoy hay tantos artículos nuevos y proyectos simultáneamente que la cantidad y calidad abruman, parece como si cada universidad o centro de investigación en rehabilitación importantes tuviera sus propios proyectos. Con que tan solo el 10% de los proyectos en marcha llegaran a ser productos comerciales y de esos solo el 10% llegara a generalizarse podríamos asegurar que el futuro de la rehabilitación contará con tecnología robótica. ¿Qué opinas de ella? ¿qué problemas el ves? ¿qué se puede hacer por mejorarla?.
Dos ejemplos The HandSOME y HEXXOR, de la Universidad Católica de América:
The HandSOME
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The HandSOME device was designed to compensate for hypertonia after stroke, allowing the stroke patient to regain functional grasp. The device is currently being tested by chronic stroke subjects. The initial findings will be presented at the EMBC in Argentina this summer.
The HandSOME device was designed to compensate for hypertonia after stroke, allowing the stroke patient to regain functional grasp. The device is currently being tested by chronic stroke subjects. The initial findings will be presented at the EMBC in Argentina this summer.
| PERSONNEL | E.B. Brokaw, iian Black, and P.S. Lum |
| FUNDING SOURCE | p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: «Times New Roman»; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command |
HEXORR robot para rehabilitación de la mano pensado para personas con hemiparesia.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Hemiparetic individuals have great difficulty controlling wrist and hand movements. These impairments can hinder one?s able to perform many typical activities of daily life. This project encompasses the design, development and clinical testing of a robotic exoskeleton for hand therapy. With novel therapy modes, this exoskeleton will help patients increase range of motion, grip strength and overall fine motor control of the hand. Many therapy modes will be investigated to determine an optimal rehabilitation strategy. Potential therapy methods include EMG control and force control. To enhance patient motivation and participation, virtual reality therapy games will be incorporated into therapy sessions. Not only will this exoskeleton be able to provide therapy, it will also serve as an assessment tool. Force and motion sensors will track the progress of each patient’s recovery throughout the therapy session. With this exoskeleton, we hope to not only increase hand therapy benefits, but also to collect and analyze quantitative data to gain further incite into this debilitating impairment.
| PERSONNEL | C. Schabowsky, S.B. Godfrey, and P.S. Lum |
| FUNDING SOURCE | USAMRMC |
Development and pilot testing of HEXORR: hand EXOskeleton rehabilitation robot.
J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2010 Jul 28;7:36.
Center for Applied Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Research, National Rehabilitation Hospital, 102 Irving Street, NW Washington, DC 20010, USA.
Más información: The Catholic University of America.
Autor: Samuel Franco Domínguez
Rehabilitación y medicina física 
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