Post-Stroke Rehabilitation with the Rutgers Ankle System: A Case Study Export

@article{dlbb01, abstract = {The \&\#8220;Rutgers Ankle\&\#8221; is a Stewart platform-type haptic interface designed for use in rehabilitation. The system supplies six-degree-of-freedom (DOF) resistive forces on the patient's foot, in response to virtual reality-based exercises. The Rutgers Ankle controller contains an embedded Pentium board, pneumatic solenoid valves, valve controllers, and associated signal conditioning electronics. The rehabilitation exercise used in our case study consists of piloting a virtual airplane through loops. The exercise difficulty can be selected based on the number and placement of loops, the airplane speed in the virtual environment, and the degree of resistance provided by the haptic interface. Exercise data is stored transparently, in real time, in an Oracle database. These data consist of ankle position, forces, and mechanical work during an exercise, and over subsequent rehabilitation sessions. The number of loops completed and the time it took to do that are also stored online. A case study is presented of a patient nine months post-stroke using this system. Results showed that, over six rehabilitation sessions, the patient improved on clinical measures of strength and endurance, which corresponded well with torque and power output increases measured by the Rutgers Ankle. There were also substantial improvements in task accuracy and coordination during the simulation and the patient's walking and stair-climbing ability.}, address = {Cambridge, MA, USA}, author = {Deutsch, Judith E. and Latonio, Jason and Burdea, Grigore C. and Boian, Rares}, citeulike-article-id = {2547183}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1246938.1246945}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/1054746011470262}, doi = {10.1162/1054746011470262}, issn = {1054-7460}, journal = {Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments}, keywords = {airplane, ankle, rehabilitation, rehabilitation-engineering, rehabilitation-robotics, virtual, virtual-environment, virtual-reality}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {416--430}, posted-at = {2008-03-17 16:50:15}, priority = {2}, publisher = {MIT Press}, title = {Post-Stroke Rehabilitation with the Rutgers Ankle System: A Case Study}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/1054746011470262}, volume = {10}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - dlbb01 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2547183 N2 - The “Rutgers Ankle” is a Stewart platform-type haptic interface designed for use in rehabilitation. The system supplies six-degree-of-freedom (DOF) resistive forces on the patient's foot, in response to virtual reality-based exercises. The Rutgers Ankle controller contains an embedded Pentium board, pneumatic solenoid valves, valve controllers, and associated signal conditioning electronics. The rehabilitation exercise used in our case study consists of piloting a virtual airplane through loops. The exercise difficulty can be selected based on the number and placement of loops, the airplane speed in the virtual environment, and the degree of resistance provided by the haptic interface. Exercise data is stored transparently, in real time, in an Oracle database. These data consist of ankle position, forces, and mechanical work during an exercise, and over subsequent rehabilitation sessions. The number of loops completed and the time it took to do that are also stored online. A case study is presented of a patient nine months post-stroke using this system. Results showed that, over six rehabilitation sessions, the patient improved on clinical measures of strength and endurance, which corresponded well with torque and power output increases measured by the Rutgers Ankle. There were also substantial improvements in task accuracy and coordination during the simulation and the patient's walking and stair-climbing ability. IS - 4 JF - Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments SN - 1054-7460 AD - Cambridge, MA, USA EP - 430 TI - Post-Stroke Rehabilitation with the Rutgers Ankle System: A Case Study PB - MIT Press VL - 10 SP - 416 KW - airplane KW - ankle KW - rehabilitation KW - rehabilitation-engineering KW - rehabilitation-robotics KW - virtual KW - virtual-environment KW - virtual-reality AU - Deutsch, Judith AU - Latonio, Jason AU - Burdea, Grigore AU - Boian, Rares PY - 2001/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/1054746011470262 ER -