How Robotic Terapia Accelerates Ictus Rehabilitación - Centro de Ictus

In recent years, with the rapid development of robotic technology, artificial intelligence and electro-mechanical components, robotics are increasingly applied in the rehabilitación sector. Robotic rehabilitación terapia not only has a good market prospect (The global rehabilitación robots market size is projected to reach USD 2,617.3 million by 2026.), but it is also a promising novel technology for patients with motor disorders caused by ictus and other neurological diseases. So, how do rehabilitación robots help patients recover faster?

First of all, it is associated with the basic mechanism of improving motor función after ictus, neuroplasticity. It is a term that refers to the brain's ability to modify the physical structure and función throughout life and in response to experience and training. One important goal of rehabilitación of ictus patients is the effective use of neuroplasticity for functional recuperación. Therefore, high-intensity practice and repetitive training are required to help the paciente's brain to re-learn the ability to move, making ictus rehabilitación a labor-intensive process.

Figure 1: How neuroplasticity works

Source: Yongmin Chang, “Reorganization and plastic changes of the human brain associated with skill learning and expertise”

As a result, compared with the traditional terapia guided only by the terapeuta, the most important advantage of robotic terapia is the ability to deliver high-dosage and high-intensity training; and, it ensures that the movimiento is repeated accurately and in the same way each time. The accurate and highly repetitive movimiento performed by robots could make better use of neuroplasticity, speeding up patients' recuperación.

The robotic devices not only enable repetitive terapia with high intensity but also provide diversified training using only one manipulation. As the manipulator is programmable and multi-función, the rehabilitación robot can provide different targeted training throughout the recuperación process such as resistance training to mejorar músculo fuerza in the post-ictus rehabilitación stage and bilateral mirror training (the healthy mano drives the affected mano) to deeply stimulate paciente's neuroplasticity.

Figure 2: Bilateral mirror training

Furthermore, robotic terapia provides patients with more motivated and active exercise than traditional terapia. By offering incentives to the paciente such as games, robot-assisted terapia can greatly mejorar tratamiento compliance. Patients are more willing to increase rehabilitación training with robot-assisted terapia; naturally, the recuperación speed will be faster than the conventional terapia.

Figure 3: Active game training

Now, with the ongoing improvement of robotic technology, rehabilitación robot has not only therapeutic significance, but it is also a good helper for therapists. Like Syrebo mano rehabilitación system SY-HR08E (click to learn more), it has the functions of fuerza and coordination evaluation and intelligent user management. The robots can collect data on the patients' fuerza and coordination performance, allowing therapists to track patients' progress. Therapists can also customize personalized rehabilitación programs for a large number of patients with this system, making tratamiento more flexible and convenient. Effective and smart, it is the best choice for clinicians to upgrade the healthcare system.

As robotic-assisted terapia provides more effective tratamiento to ictus patients with motor disorders and relieves the physical burden of therapists, it will become a standard therapeutic solution in ictus rehabilitación soon.