The Use of Sports Rehabilitation Robotics to Assist in the Recovery of Physical Abilities in Elderly Patients with Degenerative Diseases: A Literature Review

Fangyuan Ju, Yujie Wang, Bin Xie, Yunxuan Mi, Mengyun Zhao, Junwei Cao, Fangyuan Ju, Yujie Wang, Bin Xie, Yunxuan Mi, Mengyun Zhao, Junwei Cao

Abstract

The increase in the number of elderly patients with degenerative diseases has brought additional medical and financial pressures, which are adding to the burden on society. The development of sports rehabilitation robotics (SRR) is becoming increasingly sophisticated at the technical level of its application; however, few studies have analyzed how it works and how effective it is in aiding rehabilitation, and fewer individualized exercise rehabilitation programs have been developed for elderly patients. The purpose of this study was to analyze the working methods and the effects of different types of SRR and then to suggest the feasibility of applying SRR to enhance the physical abilities of elderly patients with degenerative diseases. The researcher's team searched 633 English-language journal articles, which had been published over the past five years, and they selected 38 of them for a narrative literature review. Our summary found the following: (1) The current types of SRR are generally classified as end-effector robots, smart walkers, intelligent robotic rollators, and exoskeleton robots-exoskeleton robots were found to be the most widely used. (2) The current working methods include assistant tools as the main intermediaries-i.e., robots assist patients to participate; patients as the main intermediaries-i.e., patients dominate the assistant tools to participate; and sensors as the intermediaries-i.e., myoelectric-driven robots promote patient participation. (3) Better recovery was perceived for elderly patients when using SRR than is generally achieved through the traditional single-movement recovery methods, especially in strength, balance, endurance, and coordination. However, there was no significant improvement in their speed or agility after using SRR.

Keywords: assistive technology sports rehabilitation; continuation therapy; degenerative diseases; elder; rehabilitation robot.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Flowchart detailing the systematic search, screening, eligibility, and inclusion procedure.
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(a) Number of literature accounted for by different diseases; (b) number of literature accounted for by different types of rehabilitation robots.
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Rehabilitation effects of different types of robots.

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