Robotic-assisted gait rehabilitation following stroke: a systematic review of current guidelines and practical clinical recommendations

Abstract

turchEtti 34 , donatella bonaiuti 35 on behalf of italian consensus conference on robotics in neurorehabilitation (cicEronE)1 irccs centro neurolesi bonino-pulejo, Messina, italy; 2 department of Medicine and rehabilitation, polyclinic of Monza, Monzabrianza, italy; 3 spinal cord unit and intensive rehabilitation Medicine, ausl piacenza, Villanova sull'arda and castel san Giovanni, piacenza, italy; 4 Gait and Motion analysis laboratory opa sol et salus, torre pedrera, rimini, italy; 5 department of Experimental and clinical Medicine università politecnica delle Marche (uniVpM), ancona, italy; 6 spinal cord unit, department of rehabilitation Medicine, Gervasutta hospital, udine, italy; 7 azienda sanitaria universitaria friuli centrale (asu-fc), udine, italy; 8 neuromotor and rehabilitation department, laM-Motion analysis laboratory, ausl-irccs reggio Emilia, reggio Emilia, italy; 9 rehabilitation therapeutic center, tramutola, potenza, italy; 10 irccs a. Gemelli university polyclinic foundation, rome, italy; 11 section of neurorehabilitation, department of translational research and new technologies in Medicine and surgery, university of pisa, pisa, italy; 12 Montecatone rehabilitation institute, imola, bologna, italy; 13 unit of neurophysiopathology, ics Maugeri, Montescano institute, pavia, italy; 14 centro protesi Vigorso di budrio, istituto nazionale assicurazione infortuni sul lavoro (inail),

Robot-Assisted Training for Upper Limb in Stroke (ROBOTAS): An Observational, Multicenter Study to Identify Determinants of Efficacy

“…These results are in line with those previously demonstrated in lower limb robotic therapy in post-stroke individuals [15] and with a recent systematic review with a metaanalysis concluding the superiority of robotic therapyover conventional therapy. Notably, such a superiority is evident in the more severe subjects, who likely have limited potential for spontaneous recovery [16].…”

Opportunities and Problems of the Consensus Conferences in the Care Robotics

“…Among the lights, we highlight the following: (a) the CC tool, [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 28 , 30 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 39 ], was used in the fields of rehabilitation, diagnostics, therapy, and surgery , on all applications of consolidated CRs [ 1 ], (with the exception of Social Robots, which are still subject to technological stabilization processes). (b) The CCs were the opportunity to: (1) bring together national and international experts from different cultural backgrounds in national and international meetings, (1) make them work around a structured and wide-ranging review process.…”

“…The search [ 22 ] returns 17 results [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 ].…”

“…After an analysis of the records, 4 studies were discarded because they were not completely relevant. The 13 remaining references are the following [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 28 , 30 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 39 ].…”

“…Table 1 highlights the detected sectors [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 28 , 30 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 39 ] dedicated to rehabilitation, diagnostics, therapy, and surgery.…”