TY - GEN
T1 - Robotic biomarkers in RETT Syndrome
T2 - 6th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2016
AU - Krebs, Hermano Igo
AU - Peltz, Avrielle Rykman
AU - Berkowe, Jessica
AU - Angacian, Garren
AU - Cortes, Mar
AU - Edwards, Dylan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/7/26
Y1 - 2016/7/26
N2 - We are currently investigating the ability of robotic tools to assess arm, wrist, and ankle movement in persons with RETT Syndrome who otherwise are non-responsive. In this paper, we present a case study involving 3 young women with RETT at an outpatient rehabilitation setting. The three subjects were evaluated bilaterally at the arm (shoulder-elbow), forearm, wrist, and ankle with different robots normally used to deliver therapy to stroke patients. Clinical and robotic evaluation took place on two different days within a week. We employed the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) and robotic-mediated quasi-stiffness estimates. This preliminary study indicates that persons with RETT syndrome tolerated the evaluation and that a robotic biomarker might be a useful clinical tool to determine the impact of medical interventions in these youngsters.
AB - We are currently investigating the ability of robotic tools to assess arm, wrist, and ankle movement in persons with RETT Syndrome who otherwise are non-responsive. In this paper, we present a case study involving 3 young women with RETT at an outpatient rehabilitation setting. The three subjects were evaluated bilaterally at the arm (shoulder-elbow), forearm, wrist, and ankle with different robots normally used to deliver therapy to stroke patients. Clinical and robotic evaluation took place on two different days within a week. We employed the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) and robotic-mediated quasi-stiffness estimates. This preliminary study indicates that persons with RETT syndrome tolerated the evaluation and that a robotic biomarker might be a useful clinical tool to determine the impact of medical interventions in these youngsters.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84983466084
U2 - 10.1109/BIOROB.2016.7523704
DO - 10.1109/BIOROB.2016.7523704
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84983466084
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics
SP - 680
EP - 684
BT - 2016 6th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2016
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 26 June 2016 through 29 June 2016
ER -