Sensors for Wearable Robots in Rehabilitation
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensors and Robotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 271
Special Issue Editors
Interests: spasticity; rehabilitation robotics; electroceuticals; pain intervention
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The healthcare sector is seeing a growing wave of digitalization and automation. Particularly for rehabilitation, the use of robots and sensors can greatly alleviate the increasing workload of therapists and caregivers, given the greying global population and manpower constraints in healthcare providers. The futuristic rehabilitation may mandate securing therapeutic efficiency and safety of rehabilitative intervention with minimizing human therapist's involvement. To cope with these hefty challenges, interactive human machine interface that can detect and amplify user's intention to control the actuator has been explored extensively. On top of that, there is an outstanding trend to adopt wearable devices which are more convenient for users to carry out rehabilitation therapy and are able to function as assistive devices in real-life situations.
This special issue seeks to essentiate some of the prominent research works in the area of wearable robots and sensors that contribute to practice-changing impact on rehabilitation care in various diseases. Aspects related to sensing technologies, interactive control of human machine interface, machine learning, biomechanical design, clinical application, and user experience would be prioritized in this issue.
Dr. Jeonghoon Lim
Dr. Raye Chen-Hua Yeow
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- rehabilitation
- therapy
- robots
- sensors
- wearables
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