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Evaluation of a Social Robot System for Performance-Oriented Stroke Therapy

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Engineering Interactive Computer Systems. EICS 2023 International Workshops and Doctoral Consortium (EICS 2023)

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Over the past few years, social robots have found utility in rehabilitative therapies across various fields. However, most of these studies did not incorporate extended clinical trials or focus on enhancing the health status of the patients with a medical stroke therapy. In this study, we present a research project in which a social robot serves as an instructor for stroke patients during their rehabilitation sessions. In this paper we briefly present our social robot application and focus on its evaluation. We provide an overview of relevant previous work and outline the system setup and experimental study. Lastly, we discuss our evaluation and conclude our findings.

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This joint research project “E-BRAiN - Evidence-based Robot Assistance in Neurorehabilitation” is supported by the European Social Fund (ESF), reference: ESF/14-BM-A55-0001/19-A01, and the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The sponsors had no role in the decision to publish or any content of the publication.

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    Alexandru Umlauft & Peter Forbrig

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  1. Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Michael Harrison

  2. Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

    Célia Martinie

  3. Swansea University, Swansea, UK

    Nicholas Micallef

  4. Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

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  5. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

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  7. University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany

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Umlauft, A., Forbrig, P. (2024). Evaluation of a Social Robot System for Performance-Oriented Stroke Therapy. In: Harrison, M., et al. Engineering Interactive Computer Systems. EICS 2023 International Workshops and Doctoral Consortium. EICS 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14517. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59235-5_3

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