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Combining Soft Robotics and Brain-Machine Interfaces for Stroke Rehabilitation

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Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II

Part of the book series: Biosystems & Biorobotics ((BIOSYSROB,volume 15))

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Stroke is a devastating condition with profound implications for health economics and resources worldwide. Recent works showed that the use of brain-machine interfaces (BMI) could help movement improvements in severely affected chronic stroke patients. This work shows the feasibility and use of a Soft Orthotic Physiotherapy Hand Interactive Aid (SOPHIA) system, able to provide more intense rehabilitation sessions and facilitate the supervision of multiple patients by a single Physiotherapist. The SOPHIA device is controlled by a BMI system and has a lightweight design and low cost. Tests with researchers showed that the system presents a reliable and stable control, besides being able to actively open the volunteers’ hands.

Both authors share the first authorship of this paper as the principal co-investigators of the SOPHIA project.

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The authors would like to thank the Royal Society for the Newton International Exchange award Ref NI140250.

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  1. Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience, Santos Dumont Institute, Rod. RN 160, Km 03, number 3003, 59280-000, Macaiba, Brazil

    Fabricio Lima Brasil & Renan Cipriano Moioli

  2. Robotics Lab, School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS, Edinburgh, UK

    Patricia A. Vargas, Alistair C. McConnell, Marta Vallejo & David W. Corne

  3. Stokes Research Group, Scottish Microelectronics Centre, Edinburgh University, The King’s Buildings, W Mains Rd, EH9 3FF, Edinburgh, UK

    Adam A. Stokes

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  1. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

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  2. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    José González-Vargas

  3. Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Elche, Spain

    José María Azorín

  4. Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, Houston, USA

    Metin Akay

  5. Cajal Institute, Spanish National Research Council Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain

    José Luis Pons

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Vargas, P.A. et al. (2017). Combining Soft Robotics and Brain-Machine Interfaces for Stroke Rehabilitation. 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_205

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