Stroke (engine)
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In the context of robotics and rehabilitation engineering, a "stroke" refers to a cerebrovascular accident — a sudden disruption of blood supply to the brain that results in neurological damage, commonly causing motor impairment such as hemiparesis or paralysis of the upper and lower limbs. In robotics and AI, stroke rehabilitation represents a major application domain where robotic systems are designed to assist, augment, and quantify motor recovery. Devices such as MIT-MANUS, the Lokomat, soft exosuits, and hand rehabilitation robots deliver repetitive, task-specific, and progressive movement therapy to patients, often guided by motor learning principles and neural plasticity mechanisms. AI and sensing technologies — including EEG-based brain-computer interfaces and movement smoothness analysis — further personalize and optimize therapy delivery. This field matters because stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability worldwide, and robotic systems can provide high-intensity, consistent, and measurable rehabilitation that exceeds what is feasible through conventional manual therapy, ultimately improving functional outcomes and patient quality of life.
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Stroke rehabilitation
Peter Langhorne, Julie Bernhardt, Gert Kwakkel
Citations: 2587 • 2011
Motor recovery after stroke: a systematic review
Peter Langhorne, Fiona Coupar, Alex Pollock
Citations: 2294 • 2009
Effects of Robot-Assisted Therapy on Upper Limb Recovery After Stroke: A Systematic Review
Gert Kwakkel, Boudewijn J. Kollen, Hermano Igo Krebs
Citations: 1491 • 2007
Robot-Assisted Therapy for Long-Term Upper-Limb Impairment after Stroke
Albert Lo, Peter Guarino, Lorie Richards, Jodie K. Haselkorn, George F. Wittenberg, Daniel G. Federman, Robert Ringer, Todd H. Wagner, Hermano Igo Krebs, Bruce T. Volpe, Christopher T. Bever, Dawn M. Bravata, Pamela W. Duncan, Barbara H. Corn, Alysia D. Maffucci, Stephen E. Nadeau, Susan S. Conroy, Janet M. Powell, Grant D. Huang, Peter Peduzzi
Citations: 1409 • 2010
Motor learning: its relevance to stroke recovery and neurorehabilitation
John W. Krakauer
Citations: 1263 • 2006
Robot-assisted movement training compared with conventional therapy techniques for the rehabilitation of upper-limb motor function after stroke
Peter S. Lum, Charles G. Burgar, P. Shor, Matra Majmundar, H. F. Machiel Van der Loos
Citations: 1158 • 2002
Systematic review of the effect of robot-aided therapy on recovery of the hemiparetic arm after stroke
Gerdienke B. Prange, M.J.A. Jannink, Karin Groothuis‐Oudshoorn, Hermie Hermens, Maarten J. IJzerman
Citations: 932 • 2006
Rehabilitation of Motor Function after Stroke: A Multiple Systematic Review Focused on Techniques to Stimulate Upper Extremity Recovery
Samar M. Hatem, Geoffroy Saussez, Margaux della Faille, Vincent Prist, Xue Zhang, Delphine Dispa, Yannick Bleyenheuft
Citations: 914 • 2016
Movement Smoothness Changes during Stroke Recovery
Brandon Rohrer, Susan E. Fasoli, Hermano Igo Krebs, Richard L. Hughes, Bruce T. Volpe, Walter R. Frontera, Joel Stein, Neville Hogan
Citations: 777 • 2002
Strategies for stroke rehabilitation
Bruce H. Dobkin
Citations: 740 • 2004
Rehabilitation Robotics: Performance-Based Progressive Robot-Assisted Therapy
Hermano Igo Krebs, Jerome J. Palazzolo, Laura Dipietro, Mark Ferraro, Jennifer Krol, Keren Rannekleiv, Bruce T. Volpe, Neville Hogan
Citations: 702 • 2003
Electromechanical and robot-assisted arm training for improving activities of daily living, arm function, and arm muscle strength after stroke
Jan Mehrholz, Marcus Pohl, Thomas Platz, Joachim Kügler, Bernhard Elsner
Citations: 681 • 2015
Development of robots for rehabilitation therapy: the Palo Alto VA/Stanford experience.
Charles G. Burgar, Peter S. Lum, P. Shor, H. F. Machiel Van der Loos
Citations: 678 • 2001
A soft robotic exosuit improves walking in patients after stroke
Louis N. Awad, Jaehyun Bae, Kathleen O’Donnell, Stefano Rossi, Kathryn Hendron, Lizeth H. Sloot, Pawel Kudzia, Stephen P. Allen, Kenneth G. Holt, Terry D. Ellis, Conor J. Walsh
Citations: 663 • 2017
Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Lokomat in Subacute Stroke
Joseph Hidler, Diane Nichols, Marlena Pelliccio, Kathy Brady, Donielle D. Campbell, Jennifer H. Kahn, T. George Hornby
Citations: 659 • 2008
Effects of Robot-Assisted Therapy for the Upper Limb After Stroke
Janne M. Veerbeek, Anneli C. Langbroek-Amersfoort, Erwin E. H. van Wegen, Carel G. M. Meskers, Gert Kwakkel
Citations: 629 • 2016
Robot-based hand motor therapy after stroke
C. D. Takahashi, Lucy Der-Yeghiaian, Vu Le, Rehan R. Motiwala, Steven C. Cramer
Citations: 629 • 2007
A novel approach to stroke rehabilitation
Bruce T. Volpe, Hermano Igo Krebs, Neville Hogan, Lisa Edelstein, Cyriel Diels, Mindy Aisen
Citations: 583 • 2000
Rehabilitation of gait after stroke: a review towards a top-down approach
Juan Manuel Belda Lois, Silvia Mena-del Horno, Ignacio Bermejo-Bosch, Juan C. Moreno, José L. Pons, Dario Farina, Marco Iosa, Marco Molinari, Federica Tamburella, Ander Ramos, Andrea Carìa, Teodoro Solis‐Escalante, Clemens Brunner, Massimiliano Rea
Citations: 580 • 2011
Electromechanical-assisted training for walking after stroke
Jan Mehrholz, Simone Thomas, Joachim Kügler, Marcus Pohl, Bernhard Elsner
Citations: 566 • 2017