Claude Vincent

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Claude Vincent’s research sits at the intersection of rehabilitation engineering and neurorecovery, with a focus on restoring mobility and independence for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and stroke. Her major contributions center on the use of wearable robotic exoskeletons (WREs) and robotic gloves to enable walking and hand function in clinical and home settings. In her landmark self-controlled interventional study, Vincent demonstrated the feasibility of an overground walking program using a robotic exoskeleton for long-term manual wheelchair users with chronic SCI, a protocol that has garnered 12 citations and opened new avenues for reducing sedentary health risks. Her qualitative work, with 7 citations, captures the lived perspectives of wheelchair users after a 16-week WRE program, revealing both the transformative potential and the practical concerns around community-based adoption. Vincent also led a user-centered development process for a robotic glove interface coupled with virtual environments to optimize hand rehabilitation post-stroke (5 citations), emphasizing task-specific neurorehabilitation. Her work is notable for prioritizing user feedback in device design, bridging the gap between high-tech rehabilitation tools and real-world accessibility.

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1. 1
   Effects of an Overground Walking Program With a Robotic Exoskeleton on Long-Term Manual Wheelchair Users With a Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Self-Controlled Interventional Study

   12 citations · 2020
2. 2
   Perspectives of wheelchair users with chronic spinal cord injury following a walking program using a wearable robotic exoskeleton

   7 citations · 2024
3. 3
   User-centered development process of an operating interface to couple a robotic glove with a virtual environment to optimize hand rehabilitation following a stroke

   5 citations · 2023

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