Table 1 Overview of the evaluation activity performed in robot-assisted rehabilitation
From: Assessment of movement quality in robot- assisted upper limb rehabilitation after stroke: a review
Evaluation activity | Body plane | Evaluation objectives | Aspect of movement quality addressed | Studies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Center-out point-to-point (CO-PTP) | Transverse | Feed-forward and Feedback control | Temporal efficiency, Ease, Smoothness, Accuracy, Planning, Efficacy, Movement efficiency, Inter-limb coordination, Range | |
| Â | Frontal | Feedback control, Gravity-compensation | Temporal efficiency, Smoothness | |
Point-to-Point Reaching | Transverse | Feed-forward, Feedback control, Perturbation- compensation | Temporal efficiency, Ease, Smoothness, Planning, Movement efficiency | [10] |
| Â | Sagittal/Frontal | Range of motion, Feed-forward and Feedback control, Gravity-compensation | Planning, Temporal efficiency, Smoothness, Range | |
Free/Constrained/Targeted Reaching | Sagittal/Frontal | Range of motion, Perturbation-compensation, Feed-forward and Feedback control, Gravity-compensation | Planning, Temporal Efficiency, Range, Smoothness, Movement Efficiency | |
Shape drawing | Transverse | Untrained activity, synergy | Accuracy, Intra-limb coordination | [39] |
Shape tracing/tracking | Transverse | Synergy, Feedback control | Accuracy, Efficacy, Ease, Smoothness | |
| Â | Frontal | Synergy, Feedback control | Ease, Accuracy | [63] |
Bimanual matching | Transverse | Somatosensory (Proprioception) | Planning, Movement efficiency, Ease | |
Bimanual reaching | Sagittal | Somatosensory, Coordination | Inter-limb coordination, Efficacy, Ease | |
Isolated movement | All | Range of motion | Range | |
Activity of daily living | All | Functional ability | Inter-limb coordination, Temporal efficiency | [7] |
Virtual games | All | Functional ability | Range |