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WALKBOT rehabilitation robot is going to attend Arab Health 2022 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates!

WALKBOT rehabilitation robot is going to attend Arab Health 2022 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates! Please note that due to the another spread of Covid pandemic, we are now trying to hold only pre-confirmed meetings as much as possible. If you want a meeting with us, please don't hesitate to contact us to arrange a meeting! We always welcome your visiting our booth and appreciate your interest in our product. See you soon at Arab health! #WALKBOT #RobotAssistedGaitTraining   #RoboticGaitTraining #LowerLimbRehabilitationRobot #RoboticRehabilitation #GaitTraining #RehabilitationRobot #Rehabilitation #Stroke #CerebralPalsy  #Neuroplasticity 

Robotic-assisted gait training schematic guideline based on baseline functional ambulatory category level

The RAGT(Robotic assisted gait training) schematic guideline is purported to provide robotic therapists with the appropriate clinical decision-making tools to select the optimal mode of locomotor rehabilitation robotics for the patient’s baseline ambulation level. Briefly, the RAGT schematic guideline is comprised of three core elements as follows:  the patient’s baseline ambulation capacity, appropriate RAGT type, and amount of assistance provided. Baseline ambulation function is defined by FAC. Further, commercialized RAGTs can be categorized by type and gait pattern, from a “moveable type” or “more variant gait pattern” (overground treadmill gait, soft robot, and wearable robot) to a “stationary type” or “more invariant gait pattern” (exoskeletal robotics).  An overground robotic device is based on the concept of assistance and facilitation of trunk control and lower limbs’ muscle activation pattern even in individuals with the low FAC levels (0–1), while RAGT aims at the m...

Robotic rehabilitation

Rehabilitation can be easily seen as an aid that enhances the remaining functions or the assist with rehabilitation of patients whose disorders had developed. To fully understand rehabilitation therapy, the concept that it is rather a “treatment” for symptoms needs to be established. For example, hemiparesis caused by stroke should not be understood as a disorder, but a “symptom” resulted from the stroke. Rehabilitation therapy for stroke patients is about treating or minimizing the symptoms of tetraplegia with the best method possible, not simply helping those with disorders already developed. More specifically, it is enabling the proper movement of arms and legs by reviving the brain (brain reorganization through brain plasticity) damaged by stroke. For this to happen, comprehensive rehabilitation methods—physical, occupational, speech, and cognitive therapies—are in use and drug treatment is also an important method. Another therapeutic method that is now considered significant is r...

Walkbot Robot-Assisted Gait Training Effects in Posture, Gait, Balance, Spasticity, and Brain Activities with Cerebral Palsy

The prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) is fairly high, ranging from 2 to 3 per 1000 live births. CP is a heterogeneous mix of disorders with a hallmark symptom of locomotor and postural-control deficits of varying severity due to brain injury. Conventional physical therapy (CPT), including neurodevelopmental treatment, partial weight support treadmill training, and strength training based on resistance exercises have been used broadly to improve balance and gait function. However, CPT is labor-intensive to therapists, increases the risk of falling, and lacks a sufficient repetition training to induce brain plasticity. To mitigate the inherent problems of CPT, a company recently developed Walkbot robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) system for individuals with CP. Therefore, the present study has two purposes. The first one is to compare the effects of conventional gait training and Walkbot robot-assisted gait training on standing function, walking, running, jumping function, balance, g...