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Wearable technology in stroke rehabilitation: towards improved diagnosis and treatment of upper-limb motor impairment

Stroke is one of the main causes of long-term disability worldwide, placing a large burden on individuals and society. Rehabilitation after stroke consists of an iterative process involving assessments and specialized training, aspects often constrained by limited resources of healthcare centers. We...

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Autores principales: Maceira-Elvira, Pablo, Popa, Traian, Schmid, Anne-Christine, Hummel, Friedhelm C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6862815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31744553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12984-019-0612-y
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author Maceira-Elvira, Pablo
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Schmid, Anne-Christine
Hummel, Friedhelm C.
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description Stroke is one of the main causes of long-term disability worldwide, placing a large burden on individuals and society. Rehabilitation after stroke consists of an iterative process involving assessments and specialized training, aspects often constrained by limited resources of healthcare centers. Wearable technology has the potential to objectively assess and monitor patients inside and outside clinical environments, enabling a more detailed evaluation of the impairment and allowing the individualization of rehabilitation therapies. The present review aims to provide an overview of wearable sensors used in stroke rehabilitation research, with a particular focus on the upper extremity. We summarize results obtained by current research using a variety of wearable sensors and use them to critically discuss challenges and opportunities in the ongoing effort towards reliable and accessible tools for stroke rehabilitation. Finally, suggestions concerning data acquisition and processing to guide future studies performed by clinicians and engineers alike are provided.
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spelling pubmed-68628152019-12-11 Wearable technology in stroke rehabilitation: towards improved diagnosis and treatment of upper-limb motor impairment Maceira-Elvira, Pablo Popa, Traian Schmid, Anne-Christine Hummel, Friedhelm C. J Neuroeng Rehabil Review Stroke is one of the main causes of long-term disability worldwide, placing a large burden on individuals and society. Rehabilitation after stroke consists of an iterative process involving assessments and specialized training, aspects often constrained by limited resources of healthcare centers. Wearable technology has the potential to objectively assess and monitor patients inside and outside clinical environments, enabling a more detailed evaluation of the impairment and allowing the individualization of rehabilitation therapies. The present review aims to provide an overview of wearable sensors used in stroke rehabilitation research, with a particular focus on the upper extremity. We summarize results obtained by current research using a variety of wearable sensors and use them to critically discuss challenges and opportunities in the ongoing effort towards reliable and accessible tools for stroke rehabilitation. Finally, suggestions concerning data acquisition and processing to guide future studies performed by clinicians and engineers alike are provided. BioMed Central 2019-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6862815/ /pubmed/31744553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12984-019-0612-y Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Wearable technology in stroke rehabilitation: towards improved diagnosis and treatment of upper-limb motor impairment
title Wearable technology in stroke rehabilitation: towards improved diagnosis and treatment of upper-limb motor impairment
title_full Wearable technology in stroke rehabilitation: towards improved diagnosis and treatment of upper-limb motor impairment
title_fullStr Wearable technology in stroke rehabilitation: towards improved diagnosis and treatment of upper-limb motor impairment
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title_short Wearable technology in stroke rehabilitation: towards improved diagnosis and treatment of upper-limb motor impairment
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6862815/
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