Motivating Rehabilitation by Distorting Reality
BioRob 2006 The first IEEE / RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics Pisa, Tuscany, Italy February 20-22, 2006
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James Patton, Yejun Wei, & Chris Scharver Sensory Motor Performance Program (SMPP) Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Chicago, Illinois USA 60611 |
Robert V. Kenyon Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Robert Scheidt Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Abstract – We have found, through a series of recent experiments, encouraging evidence that the neuromotor system is motivated to change motor patterns when exposed to visuo-motor tasks. We have also shown that the learning of these tasks can be heightened with forces and/or visual distortions that appropriately manipulate the error. This process does not require intense concentration and it is often considered a game. We describe the next generation of robotic large-workspace, three dimensional haptics/graphics systems for rehabilitation.
Index Terms – learning, adaptation, rehabilitation, human, stroke.