Papers
11
Total Citations
3,513
H-Index
7
About
Mindy Aisen is a pioneering figure in neurorehabilitation, whose research has fundamentally transformed how clinicians approach motor recovery following stroke. Best known for her groundbreaking work with MIT-MANUS — a robotic device developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Aisen has dedicated her career to harnessing robotics and automation technology to enhance, quantify, and document neurological recovery in patients with hemiplegia and hemiparesis. Her most influential contribution, "Robot-aided neurorehabilitation" (1998), has amassed over 1,400 citations and established the conceptual and clinical framework for robot-assisted therapy. Alongside a series of landmark clinical trials, she demonstrated that targeted sensorimotor training delivered through robotic devices produced measurable and durable improvements in upper limb motor function — gains shown to persist over three years of follow-up. Her 2000 study further validated that robotic adjuncts to standard rehabilitation protocols significantly enhanced patient outcomes across a cohort of 56 stroke patients. With a cumulative citation record exceeding 3,500, Aisen's work has profoundly influenced both clinical practice and subsequent generations of rehabilitation robotics research. Her vision of interactive, patient-centered robotic rehabilitators continues to shape modern neuromotor rehabilitation worldwide.
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Top Papers
- 1Robot-aided neurorehabilitation1,427 citations · 1998
- 2A novel approach to stroke rehabilitation583 citations · 2000
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- 4Increasing productivity and quality of care: robot-aided neuro-rehabilitation.445 citations · 2001
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- 7Robotic applications in neuromotor rehabilitation51 citations · 2003
- 8Robotic Applications in Neuromotor Rehabilitation6 citations · 1999
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- 10Technique to investigate ipsilateral functional activation in motor task2 citations · 2002