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DESCRIPTION:A presentation on the application of robotic devices to functio
 nal aids in stroke rehabilitation.\n\nApproximately 15 million people suff
 er a stroke each year and 70% of strokes occur in low and middle income co
 untries where healthcare infrastructure and clinical resources are inadequ
 ate. Robotic devices can improve functional outcomes\, increase access to 
 and length of therapy\, and maximize resources in a variety of rehabilitat
 ion environments. Meta-analyses and clinical trials show that rehabilitati
 on outcomes with robots are comparable to standard and intensity-matched s
 troke rehabilitation and significantly improve functional outcomes in term
 s of motor control with low to modest improvements in ADL function. Howeve
 r\, high costs limit access to robotic devices\, relegating them to urban 
 and large hospitals and rehabilitation centers making them less available 
 to settings such as nursing homes\, remote\, rural\, community-based healt
 hcare facilities\, or public rehabilitation clinics. A method to overcome 
 such limitations could be to implement a modular and reconfigurable approa
 ch in the design of these systems\, maintaining at the same time\, a low-c
 ost\, high performance and a large versatility to multiple working conditi
 ons and scenarios. This talk will present an overview of the rehabilitatio
 n robotics field and highlight our efforts towards developing affordable a
 nd re-configurable robot systems for neurorehabiliation.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr
 .  Michelle Johnson\, \n\nCalgary\, Alberta\, Canada\, Virtual: https://ev
 ents.vtools.ieee.org/m/271546
LOCATION:Calgary\, Alberta\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.o
 rg/m/271546
ORGANIZER:lwhitby@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:5
SUMMARY:Development of Low Cost\, Reconfigurable Robots for Neurorehabilita
 tion
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/271546
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><em>A presentation on the application of r
 obotic devices to functional aids in stroke rehabilitation.</em></p>\n<p s
 tyle="margin-top: 1em\;">Approximately 15 million people suffer a stroke e
 ach year and 70% of strokes occur in low and middle income countries where
  healthcare infrastructure and clinical resources are inadequate. Robotic 
 devices can improve functional outcomes\, increase access to and length of
  therapy\, and maximize resources in a variety of rehabilitation environme
 nts. Meta-analyses and clinical trials show that rehabilitation outcomes w
 ith robots are comparable to standard and intensity-matched stroke rehabil
 itation and significantly improve functional outcomes in terms of motor co
 ntrol with low to modest improvements in ADL function. However\, high cost
 s limit access to robotic devices\, relegating them to urban and large hos
 pitals and rehabilitation centers making them less available to settings s
 uch as nursing homes\, remote\, rural\, community-based healthcare facilit
 ies\, or public rehabilitation clinics. A method to overcome such limitati
 ons could be to implement a modular and reconfigurable approach in the des
 ign of these systems\, maintaining at the same time\, a low-cost\, high pe
 rformance and a large versatility to multiple working conditions and scena
 rios. This talk will present an overview of the rehabilitation robotics fi
 eld and highlight our efforts towards developing affordable and re-configu
 rable robot systems for neurorehabiliation.</p>
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