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December 12, 2022
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User Centred Design of Rehabilitation Robots

Publicated to: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. 13 97-109 - 2017-01-01 13(), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-54377-2_9

Authors:

Varela, J; Saltaren, RJ; Puglisi, LJ; López, J; Alvarez, M; Rodríguez, JC
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Affiliations

Centro de Automática y Robótica (CAR-UPM), José Gutierrez de Abascal 2, Madrid, 28006, Spain - Author
Ctr Automat & Robot CAR UPM, Jose Gutierrez de Abascal 2 - Author
Hosp Univ Infanta Sofia, Serv Rehabil, Paseo Europa,34 - Author
Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía. Servicio de Rehabilitación, Paseo de Europa, 34, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, 28703, Spain - Author
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Abstract

The design of modern rehabilitation robots must be user centred. Apart from safety, robustness and the classical technical aspects (kinematics, dynamics, etc.) other issues related with the patient should be considered in the design phase. The shoulder is a complex joint frequently simplified as spherical, but the alignment of the robot and the shoulder during the movements is relevant to deal with patients that often suffer weakness, pain, etc. Specially, for robotic exoskeletons given that they are “dressed” on the body. Aspects related to shoulder and upper-limb mobility are analysed. Clinical aspects such as the patient’s disorder or capabilities and the treatment prescribed impact the design as well as the patient comfort and the possibility of being treated at home instead of in a hospital. All these aspects are reviewed through its application on the rehabilitation exoskeleton SOFI design. © Springer International Publishing AG 2017.
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Keywords

Brachial plexusInverse kinematicRehabilitation robotShoulder disorderShoulder rotation

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-05:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 3
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-05:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 7.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 7 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 15.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Varela J) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Varela J.

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