Robotic therapy after stroke: novel interventions based on muscle synergies and dynamic primitives

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K14198
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Hirai Hiroaki 大阪大学, 基礎工学研究科, 准教授 (60388147)
• Research Collaborator: KREBS Hermano Igo マサチューセッツ工科大学, 機械工学科, 主任研究員・講師
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: リハビリテーション / 脳神経疾患 / 知能機械 / 人間機械システム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Robotic therapy, especially for lower extremity function, currently stands at the early stage of development. The next generation of robot-aided neuro-rehabilitation requires assessing the effect of interventions correctly and collecting clinical evidence to develop an efficacious intervention. Stroke rehabilitation requires motor coordination. By combining the method of “synergy assessment” and the “robotic therapy” developed by the Osaka University and MIT researchers' team, we developed a novel robotic-intervention test and validated it in the framework of synergies and dynamic primitives (submovements, oscillators, and impedance).

Free Research Field

ロボット工学