Advances and Perspectives on Robotics and Sensors for the Rehabilitation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Intelligent Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2025 | Viewed by 3650
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rehabilitation robotics; compliant actuators; parallel kinematic architectures
Interests: robotics and virtual reality for children rehabilitation and assistance
2. Developmental Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Interests: neurology; neuroimaging and neurorehabilitation
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Dear Colleagues,
Innovative devices aimed at rehabilitation are becoming increasingly widespread for several crucial reasons. This trend is driven by the potential to quantify therapy outcomes more accurately through increasingly objective data; the prospect of partially relieving the physical burden on physiotherapists; and by remotely facilitating rehabilitative exercises.
However, solutions are not universally applicable across all age groups: subjects with neurodevelopmental disorders or disabilities in childhood need dedicated solutions, not only in terms of ergonomics, but also in terms of motivation, engagement, and interaction.
Solutions tailored to the developmental age require more than simply scaling down devices designed for adults to fit the anthropometric dimensions of infants, children, and teenagers. Their development must take into account various aspects that characterize the early years of life, addressing not only specific disorders but also considering learning principles, interaction modes, neuroplasticity mechanisms, acceptability, and user experiences that are unique to this stage of life.
This Special Issue has the ambitious goal of collecting cutting-edge results from research activities, perspectives, and review articles focusing on technologies, solutions, applications, and new challenges related to the use and integration of robotic and sensor-based technologies for monitoring and rehabilitative purposes for the developmental age.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Robotics for the rehabilitation of neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood;
- IoT-based interacting devices;
- Control algorithms;
- Child-oriented prostheses;
- Interactive and immersive environments;
- Wearable systems;
- User-friendly data accessibility;
- Systems for monitoring and supporting children during learning and interaction activities.
Dr. Matteo Malosio
Dr. Emilia Biffi
Dr. Giuseppina Sgandurra
Prof. Dr. Matjaž Mihelj
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sensor-based technologies
- robotic rehabilitation
- developmental age
- neurodevelopmental disorders
- neurodevelopmental diseases
- pediatric rehabilitation
- remote therapy
- telerehabilitation
- user experience
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