Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Αποκατάσταση Βλαβών Νωτιαίου Μυελού. Διαχείριση του πόνου Σπονδυλικής προέλευσηςLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Supervisors info:
Πνευματικός Σπυρίδων, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Ευαγγελόπουλος Δημήτριος-Στέργιος, Μεταδιδακτορικός Ερευνητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Μπενέτος Ιωάννης, Μεταδιδακτορικός Ερευνητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Εφαρμογές, αποτελεσματικότητα και περιορισμοί της ρομποτικής φυσικοθεραπείας σε ασθενείς με κάκωση νωτιαίου μυελού
Translated title:
Applications, effectiveness and limitations of robotic physiotherapy in patients with spinal cord injury
Summary:
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a particularly serious pathological condition that greatly compromises the health and functional status of the affected patients, while at the same time it is accompanied by a very high morbidity and mortality rate. Among the various rehabilitation methods and systems that have been used to treat SCI since the 1990s, robotic physiotherapy is an innovative alternative.
In this thesis, a review of the literature was performed regarding the most recent research data on the applications, efficacy and limitations of the use of robotic physiotherapy in patients suffering from SCI.
From the review of the literature, according to PRISMA principles, 73 relevant articles with publication year later than 2010 were isolated and studied. These were 49 original clinical studies and 24 narrative reviews/systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
A number of advantages provided by robotic physiotherapy devices in the rehabilitation of patients with SCI were identified, such as, for example, improved gait performance, but also their increasing effectiveness, which is due to the combination of advances in technology and the acquisition of increasing experience on the part of the patients' therapists. On the other hand, it is not yet clear which specific categories of patients with SCI will receive the maximum benefit, what is the optimal protocol for the use of these devices and, finally, what are the rehabilitation parameters in which the most significant therapeutic effects occur.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Spinal cord injury, Robotics, Physiotherapy
