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Integrating proprioceptive assessment with proprioceptive training of stroke patientsValentina Squeri
Italian Institute of Technology, RBCS Dept, Genoa, Italy
IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot 2011:5975500. 2011..e. for providing robot assistance to the paretic arm that may improve the position sense of the patient. A preliminary, feasibility test has been carried out with one patient and three controls...
Improving the ROM of wrist movements in stroke patients by means of a haptic wrist robotValentina Squeri
Dept ofRobotics, Brain, and Cognitive Sciences, Italian Institute of Technology, Via Morego, 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2011:2077-80. 2011..Preliminary outcomes show that the technique is effective with the very distal part of wrist involving F/E and A/A but results in a reduced motor improvement for the P/S where proximal part of the arm is involved...
Improving the ROM of wrist movements in stroke patients by means of a haptic wrist robotValentina Squeri
Dept of Robotics, Brain, and Cognitive Sciences, Italian Institute of Technology, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2011:1268-71. 2011..Preliminary outcomes show that the technique is effective with the very distal part of wrist involving F/E and A/A but results in a reduced motor improvement for the P/S where proximal part of the arm is involved...
Two hands, one perception: how bimanual haptic information is combined by the brainValentina Squeri
Department of Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
J Neurophysiol 107:544-50. 2012..Rather, results are indicative of a process of "sensory selection", where information from the dominant right hand is used, although the left, nondominant hand may yield more precise haptic estimates...
Bilateral robot therapy based on haptics and reinforcement learning: Feasibility study of a new concept for treatment of patients after strokeValentina Squeri
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, IT 16163 Genova, Italy
J Rehabil Med 41:961-5. 2009..To carry out a preliminary feasibility study of a new concept of robot therapy for severely impaired patients after stroke...
Force-field compensation in a manual tracking taskValentina Squeri
Italian Institute of Technology, RBCS Department, Genoa, Italy
PLoS ONE 5:e11189. 2010..20%), which is a function of the implicit accuracy of the tracking task...
Parkinson's disease accelerates age-related decline in haptic perception by altering somatosensory integrationJurgen Konczak
Department of Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova 16163, Italy
Brain 135:3371-9. 2012..Our results suggest that the known motor problems in Parkinson's disease that are generally characterized as a failure of sensorimotor integration may, in fact, have a sensory origin...
Motor commands in children interfere with their haptic perception of objectsMonica Gori
Department of Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
Exp Brain Res 223:149-57. 2012....
Inter-limb interference during bimanual adaptation to dynamic environmentsMaura Casadio
Department of Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy
Exp Brain Res 202:693-707. 2010....
Adaptive robot training for the treatment of incoordination in Multiple SclerosisElena Vergaro
University of Genoa, Department of Informatics, Systems and Telecommunications, Via Opera Pia 13, Genoa, Italy
J Neuroeng Rehabil 7:37. 2010..Cerebellar symptoms are extremely disabling and are common in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) subjects. In this feasibility study, we developed and tested a robot therapy protocol, aimed at the rehabilitation of incoordination in MS subjects...
Predicted sensory feedback derived from motor commands does not improve haptic sensitivityAlessandra Sciutti
Department of Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Italian Institute of Technology, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy
Exp Brain Res 200:259-67. 2010....
Self-adaptive robot training of stroke survivors for continuous tracking movementsElena Vergaro
Department of Informatics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
J Neuroeng Rehabil 7:13. 2010..The paper is a feasibility study of a novel self-adaptive robot controller to be applied with continuous tracking movements...
Robot therapy for stroke survivors: proprioceptive training and regulation of assistanceVittorio Sanguineti
Department of Informatics, Systems and Telematics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Stud Health Technol Inform 145:126-42. 2009..These results point to the potential benefit of that assist-as-needed training with a proprioceptive component in a variety of clinical conditions...
Adaptive regulation of assistance 'as needed' in robot-assisted motor skill learning and neuro-rehabilitationValentina Squeri
Dept Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy
IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot 2011:5975375. 2011..These automatic adjustments of task difficulty or the degree of assistance can be used to promote not only motor skill learning but also neuromotor recovery...
