Abstract
Robotic technologies offer a range of functions to augment clinical rehabilitation practice. However, compliance with robot-assisted rehabilitation techniques has not been optimally achieved. Traditional approaches to improving the treatment efficacy are focusing more on the system function, while psychological factors have not been integrated comprehensively. In this perspective paper, eight key factors reflecting three conceptions-robot design, function design, and patients’ expectations have been evaluated and analyzed. Clinical results with 28 therapists and 84 patients indicate that integrating psychological strategies into robot-assisted physiotherapy may promote better trust and acceptance of rehabilitation robots.
Highlights
Robotic technologies offer a range of functions to augment clinical rehabilitation practice
This paper aims to appeal to researchers within the rehabilitation robotics community that immediate and special attention should be given to using psychological strategies to improve human-robot interaction and trust, in developing robotassisted techniques for physical therapy
All therapist participants are from the Sunshine Rehabilitation Center (Shanghai, China), with ages over 17 years old and over-five-hours experience in robot-assisted therapy
Summary
Robotic technologies offer a range of functions to augment clinical rehabilitation practice. This paper aims to appeal to researchers within the rehabilitation robotics community that immediate and special attention should be given to using psychological strategies to improve human-robot interaction and trust, in developing robotassisted techniques for physical therapy.
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