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Total Citations
506
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About
B. Bhakta is a leading researcher at the intersection of stroke rehabilitation and robotics, with a particular focus on developing and evaluating robotic systems for upper limb recovery following stroke. Based at the University of Leeds, Bhakta has made significant contributions to the design, control, and clinical application of assistive rehabilitation technologies, most notably through the iPAM (intelligent Pneumatic Arm Movement) project — a dual pneumatically-actuated robotic system engineered to deliver therapeutic upper limb exercise to patients across all severities of motor impairment. Bhakta's most influential work, a 2011 systematic review of outcome measures in robot-assisted exercise trials (253 citations), has become an essential methodological reference for the field, helping to standardize how researchers evaluate therapeutic outcomes. Alongside this, contributions spanning admittance and impedance control schemes, pneumatic robot design, and clinical feasibility studies demonstrate a rare breadth from engineering innovation to patient-centered research. His work establishing effector force requirements and patient acceptability of robotic rehabilitation has meaningfully advanced the pathway toward clinical adoption. With cumulative citations exceeding 490, Bhakta's research has substantially shaped both the technical foundations and evidence base of modern stroke rehabilitation robotics.
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- 5Initial patient testing of iPAM - a robotic system for Stroke rehabilitation30 citations · 2007
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- 7Pneumatic impedance control of a 3-d.o.f. physiotherapy robot16 citations · 2006
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