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Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis (2022)
Journal Article
Arco, L. D., Pontes, M. J., Segatto, M. E. V., Monteiro, M. E., Cifuentes, C. A., & Díaz, C. A. R. (2022). Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2407(1), 012010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2407/1/012010

The principal cause of upper limb amputations is due to traumatism. The prosthesis is an assistive device to help in the activities of daily for the amputee person. However, one of the latest reports shows that in developing countries there are aroun... Read More about Pressure and angle sensors with optical fiber for instrumentation of the PrHand hand prosthesis.

Biomechanical effects of adding an ankle soft actuation in a unilateral exoskeleton (2022)
Journal Article
Otálora, S., Ballen-Moreno, F., Arciniegas-Mayag, L., Cifuentes, C. A., & Múnera, M. (2022). Biomechanical effects of adding an ankle soft actuation in a unilateral exoskeleton. Biosensors, 12(10), 873. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12100873

Stroke disease leads to a partial or complete disability affecting muscle strength and functional mobility. Early rehabilitation sessions might induce neuroplasticity and restore the affected function or structure of the patients. Robotic rehabilitat... Read More about Biomechanical effects of adding an ankle soft actuation in a unilateral exoskeleton.

EEG evaluation in a neuropsychological intervention program based on virtual reality in adults with Parkinson’s disease (2022)
Journal Article
Muñoz, D., Barria, P., Cifuentes, C. A., Aguilar, R., Baleta, K., Azorín, J. M., & Múnera, M. (2022). EEG evaluation in a neuropsychological intervention program based on virtual reality in adults with Parkinson’s disease. Biosensors, 12(9), 751. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12090751

Nowadays, several strategies for treating neuropsychologic function loss in Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been proposed, such as physical activity performance and developing games to exercise the mind. However, few studies illustrate the incidence of... Read More about EEG evaluation in a neuropsychological intervention program based on virtual reality in adults with Parkinson’s disease.

Predicting perceived exhaustion in rehabilitation exercises using facial action units (2022)
Journal Article
Kreis, C., Aguirre, A., Cifuentes, C. A., Munera, M., Jiménez, M. F., & Schneider, S. (2022). Predicting perceived exhaustion in rehabilitation exercises using facial action units. Sensors, 22(17), e6524. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22176524

Physical exercise has become an essential tool for treating various non-communicable diseases (also known as chronic diseases). Due to this, physical exercise allows to counter different symptoms and reduce some risk of death factors without medicati... Read More about Predicting perceived exhaustion in rehabilitation exercises using facial action units.

Assessment of soft actuators for hand exoskeletons: Pleated textile actuators and fiber-reinforced Silicone actuators (2022)
Journal Article
Ramos, O., Múnera, M., Moazen, M., Wurdemann, H., & Cifuentes, C. A. (2022). Assessment of soft actuators for hand exoskeletons: Pleated textile actuators and fiber-reinforced Silicone actuators. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.924888

Soft robotic approaches have been trialed for rehabilitation or assistive hand exoskeletons using silicone or textile actuators because they have more tolerance for alignment with biological joints than rigid exoskeletons. Textile actuators have not... Read More about Assessment of soft actuators for hand exoskeletons: Pleated textile actuators and fiber-reinforced Silicone actuators.

Physical human-robot interaction influence in ASD therapy through an affordable soft social robot (2022)
Journal Article
Pinto-Bernal, M. J., Cespedes, N., Castro, P., Munera, M., & Cifuentes, C. A. (2022). Physical human-robot interaction influence in ASD therapy through an affordable soft social robot. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 105(3), Article 67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-022-01617-0

In the latest years, there has been a rise in social robotics' interest as a support tool in various scopes. For instance, social robots have been used in Autism treatments, improving social skills, social interaction, and children's daily activities... Read More about Physical human-robot interaction influence in ASD therapy through an affordable soft social robot.

The AGoRA V2 unilateral lower-limb exoskeleton: Mechatronic integration and biomechanical assessment (2022)
Journal Article
Otálora, S., Ballen-Moreno, F., Arciniegas-Mayag, L., Múnera, M., & A. Cifuentes, C. (2022). The AGoRA V2 unilateral lower-limb exoskeleton: Mechatronic integration and biomechanical assessment. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7(3), 7928-7933. https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2022.3186066

People who suffer from stroke have a higher difficulty performing gait activity, affecting their quality of life. New technologies have been developed to assist and rehabilitate the affected limbs. This paper presents the AGoRA V2 unilateral lower-li... Read More about The AGoRA V2 unilateral lower-limb exoskeleton: Mechatronic integration and biomechanical assessment.