Stroke is one of the main causes of disability of older people. Stroke happens when the blood flow of an area in the brain is interrupted, which leads to decrease the oxygen level in the brain cells and, therefore, the area losses control over the movement. The level of impairment varies according to the area in the brain that was affected. It might be as weakness in one limb or it may lead to paralyze one side of the body.
Physical therapy treatment plays an important role in the rehabilitation process after the incident of stroke. Physical therapy intervention usually starts early in the acute stage of stroke, which leads to better improvement of the motor function and prevent secondary complications. However, there are many cases that come …show more content…
Previous researches have proved the advantages of robotic therapy on motor abilities of the upper limb in the acute and chronic stages of the disease. Robot is an electromechanical machine that is monitored by computer program. Robotic therapy has two main properties: "the ability to deliver high dosage and high intensity training." (chang, et al., 2013). This prosperity in robotic therapy is an incentive to the neuroplastisity concept, which improve not only stroke patients but also patients with any neurological condition. There are different kinds of robotic therapy; end-effector device, exoskeleton type robotic device (chang et al., 2013), and robotic therapy with MIT-MANUS specially created for neurological patients (Fasoli et al., …show more content…
In the article " Robot-assisted Therapy in Stroke Rehabilitation " in the journal of stroke that was published in 2013. The authors Won Hyuk Chang and Yun Hee Kim analyze updated researches about the effect of using two types of robotic therapy , one is "end effector type robotic device" and the other one is "exoskeleton type robot device" in addition to the traditional physical therapy treatment in stroke patients. They especially focus on upper limb function and gait function and categorize their paper to these two main functions. gait function and upper limb and hand function. Their report was based on many randomized controlled trails which used robotic assisted treatment in the rehabilitation acute and chronic stroke patients. The results show that : traditional physical therapy treatment coupled with "end effector type robotic device" enhance gait function and upper limb and hand function in patients in the acute stage of stoke . However, for chronic stroke patients, results showed no significant difference between traditional physical therapy alone or traditional treatment that was combined with "end effector robotic device" on gait, upper limb and hand functions. Other results of the effects of " exoskeleton type robot device" in addition to the traditional therapy treatment reveled that there is no improvement on gait function in the acute stage of stoke and no
Physical therapy treatment plays an important role in the rehabilitation process after the incident of stroke. Physical therapy intervention usually starts early in the acute stage of stroke, which leads to better improvement of the motor function and prevent secondary complications. However, there are many cases that come …show more content…
Previous researches have proved the advantages of robotic therapy on motor abilities of the upper limb in the acute and chronic stages of the disease. Robot is an electromechanical machine that is monitored by computer program. Robotic therapy has two main properties: "the ability to deliver high dosage and high intensity training." (chang, et al., 2013). This prosperity in robotic therapy is an incentive to the neuroplastisity concept, which improve not only stroke patients but also patients with any neurological condition. There are different kinds of robotic therapy; end-effector device, exoskeleton type robotic device (chang et al., 2013), and robotic therapy with MIT-MANUS specially created for neurological patients (Fasoli et al., …show more content…
In the article " Robot-assisted Therapy in Stroke Rehabilitation " in the journal of stroke that was published in 2013. The authors Won Hyuk Chang and Yun Hee Kim analyze updated researches about the effect of using two types of robotic therapy , one is "end effector type robotic device" and the other one is "exoskeleton type robot device" in addition to the traditional physical therapy treatment in stroke patients. They especially focus on upper limb function and gait function and categorize their paper to these two main functions. gait function and upper limb and hand function. Their report was based on many randomized controlled trails which used robotic assisted treatment in the rehabilitation acute and chronic stroke patients. The results show that : traditional physical therapy treatment coupled with "end effector type robotic device" enhance gait function and upper limb and hand function in patients in the acute stage of stoke . However, for chronic stroke patients, results showed no significant difference between traditional physical therapy alone or traditional treatment that was combined with "end effector robotic device" on gait, upper limb and hand functions. Other results of the effects of " exoskeleton type robot device" in addition to the traditional therapy treatment reveled that there is no improvement on gait function in the acute stage of stoke and no