Training Modalities in Rehabilitation Robotics
As we saw in the previous two lessons, rehabilitation robots can generally be categorized as upper-limb rehabilitation robots and lower-limb rehabilitation robots. No matter which part of the body they are targeting to rehabilitate, they can provide four different types of physical therapy that should be chosen based on the patient's needs. They are passive rehabilitation, active-assisted rehabilitation, active-resisted rehabilitation, and bilateral manipulation. Passive Rehabilitation Passive Rehabilitation can be used at the early stages of the impairment, where the affected limb has no movement. In this type of therapy, the robot moves the affected limb of the patient through a…