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Reviewing effectiveness of ankle assessment techniques for use in robot-assisted therapy

Reviewing effectiveness of ankle assessment techniques for use in robot-assisted therapy. Mingming Zhang, Eng MSc; T. Claire Davies, Peng, PhD; Yanxin Zhang, Eng PhD; Shane Xie, Prof Eng PhD. Aim Provide comprehensive review of studies that investigated ankle assessment techniques. Relevance

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Reviewing effectiveness of ankle assessment techniques for use in robot-assisted therapy

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  1. Reviewing effectiveness of ankle assessment techniques for use in robot-assisted therapy Mingming Zhang, Eng MSc; T. Claire Davies, Peng, PhD; Yanxin Zhang, Eng PhD; Shane Xie, Prof Eng PhD

  2. Aim • Provide comprehensive review of studies that investigated ankle assessment techniques. • Relevance • Better understand techniques that can be used in real-time monitoring of rehabilitation progress for implementation in conjunction with robot-assisted therapy.

  3. Method • Selected 76 publications (published Jan 1980–Aug 2013) from 8 databases. • Divided publications into 2 main categories: • 16 qualitative and 60 quantitative studies. • 13 goniometer, 18 dynamometer, and 29 innovative technique studies.

  4. Results • 465 subjects participated in 29 quantitative studies of innovative measurement techniques that may potentially be integrated in real-time monitoring device. • Qualitative ankle assessment methods are not suitable for real-time monitoring in robot-assisted therapy, though they are reliable for certain patients. • Quantitative ankle assessment methods show great potential.

  5. Conclusion • Majority of quantitative techniques reliably measure ankle kinematics and kinetics but are usually available only for use in sagittal plane. • Limited studies determine kinematics and kinetics in sagittal, transverse, and frontal planes, where motions of ankle joint and subtalar joint actually occur.

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