Upper limb robot therapy

Our research projects on upper limb robot therapy are based on our self-developed REHAROB physiotherapy system.

The REHAROB and its successor projects

From the most recent to the oldest

1 January 2000 – 30 June 2003

Reharob

The project collected and systematized the stroke patients shoulder-elbow passive induction physiotherapy practices, which was made public in the form of an online multimedia catalog. The project developed a hardware and software system for instrumental testing of physiotherapy exercises. Finally, the project also developed and clinically tested the REHAROB Physiotherapy Equipment, which was able to perform 30-40 minutes of passive guided shoulder-elbow exercises on the paralyzed upper limb of a spastic hemiparetic patient with the help of two industrial robotic arms after the physiotherapist trained it in about three to five minutes.

2005

Fiziorobot

Clinical study of robotic passive physiotherapy with 30 stroke patients.

9 April 2010 - 8 April 2013

Cosmosys

The REHAROB Physiotherapy Equipment was supplemented with a hand module and adapted to support active guided movement therapy. Due to the physiotherapy of the entire upper limb, it became possible to practice Activities of Daily Living (e.g. lifting the phone to the ear, opening and closing a cabinet door).

1 November 2017 - 31 October 2021

OptiReharob

In the OptiReharob project, we search for optimally parameterized interaction strategies (e.g. admittance control, isometric force measurement) for robot-assisted active-guided physiotherapy of paralyzed upper limb of stroke patients.

1 September 2018 - 31 August 2021

ThermoReharob

In this project, we are investigating whether we can determine such objective parameters by thermography that can be used in rehabilitation and condition assessment.

13 April 2020 - 16 August 2021

DOROTHY

The DOROTHY (Dual cobot system for safe motion therapy) award project empowers rehabilitation robotics professionals in interpreting and applying the safety standard of rehabilitation robotics.

Mobirise
OORI

Dr. Gábor Fazekas, MD, PhD
chief physician

BME

András Tóth
research fellow

Address:

National Institute for Medical Rehabilitation
H-1121 Budapest, Szanatórium utca 19.

E-mail:

reharob@hotmail.com

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