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Humanoid social robots in the rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy

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Volodymyr Kozyavkin,

Oleh Kachmar,

Iryna AblikovaAuthors Info & Claims

PervasiveHealth '14: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Pages 430 - 431

https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255323

Published: 20 May 2014 Publication History

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To increase the interest of a child in motor training we have tried to use a humanoid social robot that acts like a coach to encourage the patient. The humanoid robot "KineTron" was assembled from commercially available Bioloid Premium robotic kit. Nine movement scenarios of robot behaviour combined with voice and music were developed. During the training session, a therapist activates one of the scenarios by pressing a button on the remote. Evaluation of the Rehabilitation Robot was carried out on a group of six children with Cerebral Palsy, aged between 4-9 years. Rehabilitation Robot was used during 5-7 training sessions. All children and parents liked the sessions with the Rehabilitation Robot. This pilot study suggests that there are potential benefits in using humanoid robots in motor training of patients with cerebral palsy. It appears to be motivating for the child and encourages active participation in rehabilitation activities.

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Céspedes Gómez NCalderon Echeverria AMunera MRocon ECifuentes CBethel CPaiva ABroadbent EFeil-Seifer DSzafir D(2021)First Interaction Assessment between a Social Robot and Children Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy in a Rehabilitation ContextCompanion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction10.1145/3434074.3447219(484-488)Online publication date: 8-Mar-2021
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PervasiveHealth '14: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

May 2014

459 pages

ISBN:9781631900112

General Chair:
Andreas Hein
OFFIS-Institute for IT, Oldenburg, Germany
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Program Chairs:
Susanne Boll
OFFIS-Institute for IT, Oldenburg, Germany
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Friedrich Köhler
Charité, Berlin, Germany

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SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

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ICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering)

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PervasiveHealth '14: 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

May 20 - 23, 2014

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Céspedes Gómez NCalderon Echeverria AMunera MRocon ECifuentes CBethel CPaiva ABroadbent EFeil-Seifer DSzafir D(2021)First Interaction Assessment between a Social Robot and Children Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy in a Rehabilitation ContextCompanion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction10.1145/3434074.3447219(484-488)Online publication date: 8-Mar-2021
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Martí Carrillo FButchart JKnight SScheinberg AWise LSterling LMcCarthy C(2018)Adapting a General-Purpose Social Robot for Paediatric Rehabilitation through In Situ DesignACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction10.1145/32033047:1(1-30)Online publication date: 16-May-2018
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