About this Research Topic
During the last decade, robotic rehabilitation treatment, along with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) environments, and artificial intelligence (AI) gained popularity as viable approaches for motor rehabilitation training. Robotic systems promote personalized medicine, motor performance assessment, and the application of high-dosage therapy. The use of advanced technologies presents opportunities for assessing and monitoring changes in muscle-tone in different clinical populations, and for adapting therapy to each patient.
This Research Topic seeks to explore the challenges and opportunities presented by robotic systems, VR, AR, and AI technologies for the assessment and treatment of movement disorders accompanied by altered muscle tone. Our goal is to highlight the prevalence of such disorders, and the importance of designing robotic rehabilitation systems as well as advanced VR, AR, and AI technologies for treating them.
Prospective authors are encouraged to consider the various aspects relating to the development and adoption of advanced robotic technologies for assessing and treating patients with movement disorders accompanied by altered muscle tone in various environments including healthcare clinics and home environments. Authors are encouraged to describe the system development, the application of the technologies, and the validation of innovative approaches. We welcome original research, methods, clinical trials, opinions, and systematic reviews. We especially welcome studies that adopt a participatory research design involving various stakeholders; e.g., clinicians, patients, and their family members.
Specific topics include, but are not limited to:
• Robotic, VR, and AR systems for assessment or treatment of movement disorders accompanied by altered muscle tone;
• Methodologies for using robotic, VR, and AR systems for assessment or treatment of movement disorders accompanied by altered muscle tone;
• AI for identifying and measuring effects of movement disorders accompanied by altered muscle tone, and optimizing interventions;
• Clinical trials or Pilot studies involving robotic technologies addressing movement disorders accompanied by altered muscle tone;
• Human factors in robotic VR, and AR technologies addressing movement disorders accompanied by altered muscle tone;
• Patient-specific robotic VR, and AR treatment of movement disorders accompanied by altered muscle tone;
• Home and remote health robotic VR, and AR methods for treating movement disorders accompanied by altered muscle tone.
Keywords: Rehabilitation, Spasticity, Personalized medicine, Virtual reality, Robotics, Artificial intelligence, Augmented reality, Dystonia, Rigidity, Hypotonia
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