Bioengineering Applications of Intelligent Systems: From Medical Robots to Robotic Rehabilitation Devices

Abstract

This study aimed to compare the efficacy of an intelligent robotic rehabilitation device with the conventional approach to the motor functions and patient satisfaction. The subjects were 60 patients with stroke aged between 18 and 70 years, who were randomly allocated into the experimental group using the robotic device or the control group using conventional therapy. The first of them was motor function change which was evaluated with the use of Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) scale. The experimental group demonstrated a functional recovery of 35 percent was greater than that of the 20 percent for the control group (p < 0. Also, satisfaction with the health care services that was derived from a cross sectional descriptive study showed a significantly higher value in the experimental group as compared to the control group. Superiority of the experimental group was also established in terms of the retention of the motor function gains, where the patients had a retention rate of 94 percent. 2% compared to 84. 2% in the control group with an ‘a priori’ significance level of p<0. 05. These results can, therefore, be concluded to indicate that the intelligent robotic rehabilitation device improves motor function recovery, as well as patient satisfaction.