A5077713010- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Soft Robotics and Applications
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Robot Manipulation and Learning
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Dielectric materials and actuators
- Educational Games and Gamification
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2020-2025
Bengbu Medical College
2006
Abstract We have developed an interactive system comprising a soft wearable robot hand and wireless task board, facilitating the interaction between regular daily objects for task-oriented training in stroke rehabilitation. A ring-reinforced actuator (RSA) to accommodate different sizes enable flexion extension movements was introduced this paper. Individually controlled finger actuators assist patients during various grasping tasks. board support training, allowing placement of seamless...
Strokes cause severe impairment of hand function because the spasticity in affected upper extremities. Proper evaluation is critical to facilitate neural plasticity for rehabilitation after stroke. However, existing methods measuring spasticity, e.g. Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), highly depends on clinicians' experiences, which are subjective and lacks quantitative details. Here, we introduce first actuator that objectively reflects condition post-stroke finger spasticity. The 3D printed...
<italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Objective:</i> Stroke survivors are usually unable to perform activities of daily living (ADL) independently due loss hand functions. Soft pneumatic gloves provide a promising assistance approach for stroke conduct ADL tasks. However, few studies have explored effective control strategies the 'human-soft robot' integrated system challenges in nonlinearities soft robots and uncertainties human...
High‐performance artificial muscle is always the pursuit of researchers for robotics. Herein, a bionic reported called “ExoMuscle” mimicking sarcomere in skeletal with bio‐inspired structure to contract “myofilaments” enabling mimic architecture such as parallel, fusiform, convergent, and pennation beyond performance muscle. The actuators excel various aspects compared including actuation stress (0.41–0.9 MPa), strain (50%), optimal length, velocity‐independence output, power density (10.94...
This letter presents a pneumatic artificial muscle-based elbow exosuit designed for driving and assisting the joint. By combining bionic attachment method inspired by brachioradialis muscle pennation architecture of muscle, achieves high output torque while maintaining slim profile only 10 mm thickness. To guide design process, utilizes force balance condition infinitesimal parts fiber virtual work principle to calculate path change wrapped around arm surface. approach helps determine key...
Soft robots can create complicated structures and functions for rehabilitation. The posture perception of soft actuators is critical performing closed-loop control a precise location. It essential to have sensor with both flexible characteristics that does not affect the movement actuator. This paper presents novel end-to-end method employs sensors kirigami-inspired long short-term memory (LSTM) neural networks. were developed conductive sponge materials. With one-step calibration from...
Stroke has been the leading cause of disability due to induced spasticity in upper extremity. The constant flexion spastic fingers following stroke not well described. Accurate measurements for joint stiffness help clinicians have a better access level impairment after stroke. Previously, we conducted method quantifying passive finger based on pressure-angle relationship between and soft-elastic composite actuator (SECA). However, it lacks ground-truth demonstrate compatibility...
Background Intensive task-oriented training has shown promise in enhancing distal motor function among patients with chronic stroke. A personalized electromyography (EMG)-driven soft robotic hand was developed to assist object-manipulation effectively. Objective. To compare the effectiveness of using EMG-driven hand. Methods single-blinded, randomized controlled trial conducted 34 stroke survivors. The subjects were randomly assigned Hand Task (HT) group (n = 17) or control (CON) 17). HT...
Most studies recognized motor-cognitive dual-task training as an effective treatment to enhance neurological disorders in patients with improved motor and cognitive performance. However, the practical strategy of still need be confirmed clinical evidence-based support. The purpose this study aimed propose optimal using moderate-intensity stationary cycling multidomain for MCI, compare post-training performance between motor, training.Materials MethodsNineteen were recruited from local...
Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) is an emerging non-invasive neuro-modulation technique which has been proved to enhance neuro-rehabilitation in stroke. Simultaneous acquisition of neuroimaging data with brain allow a noninvasive investigation the dynamic changes during process. In concurrent tACS-fMRI study, fMRI were collected 13 chronic stroke individuals under different tACS protocols (10 Hz, 20 Hz and sham). Resting-state was acquired before, after investigate process...