AUTHOR=Hobbs Bradley , Artemiadis Panagiotis TITLE=A Review of Robot-Assisted Lower-Limb Stroke Therapy: Unexplored Paths and Future Directions in Gait Rehabilitation JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neurorobotics VOLUME=14 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurorobotics/articles/10.3389/fnbot.2020.00019 DOI=10.3389/fnbot.2020.00019 ISSN=1662-5218 ABSTRACT=
Stroke affects one out of every six people on Earth. Approximately 90% of stroke survivors have some functional disability with mobility being a major impairment, which not only affects important daily activities but also increases the likelihood of falling. Originally intended to supplement traditional post-stroke gait rehabilitation, robotic systems have gained remarkable attention in recent years as a tool to decrease the strain on physical therapists while increasing the precision and repeatability of the therapy. While some of the current methods for robot-assisted rehabilitation have had many positive and promising outcomes, there is moderate evidence of improvement in walking and motor recovery using robotic devices compared to traditional practice. In order to better understand how and where robot-assisted rehabilitation has been effective, it is imperative to identify the main