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Robotic Neuro Rehabilitation has been proved to be effective for motor recovery and less demanding for therapists. During a therapy, the aim of the task is to maximize the patient’s effort with respect to his/her clinical status and motor abilities, improving at the same time his/her impaired movements. In this paper, we propose a framework for performance evaluation of post-stroke subjects able to provide assistance-as-needed based on their motor skills during a therapy session with an upper-limb robotic exoskeleton.
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This work has been partially supported by RONDA project funded by Regione Toscana, Italy, within the FAS ‘Salute’ 2014 program.
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Stroppa, F., Loconsole, C., Marcheschi, S., Frisoli, A. (2017). A Robot-Assisted Neuro-Rehabilitation System for Post-Stroke Patients’ Motor Skill Evaluation with ALEx Exoskeleton. In: Ibáñez, J., González-Vargas, J., Azorín, J., Akay, M., Pons, J. (eds) Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_83
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