Trial reportBioMed research international2022
Technical Feasibility of Supervision of Stretching Exercises by a Humanoid Robot Coach for Chronic Low Back Pain: The R-COOL Randomized Trial.
Trial report in BioMed research international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Thematic landscapes and temporal trends of disability technology adoption: insights from Structural Topic Modelling.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Review
- Use of Socially Assistive Robots in Physiotherapy: Scoping Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2025Review
- Care provided by humanoid robots: a scoping review.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeria · 2025Article
- The Potential of a Robot Presence in Close Relationship to Influence Human Responses to Experimental Pain.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Physical Therapists' Acceptance of a Wearable, Fabric-Based Sensor System (Motion Tape) for Use in Clinical Practice: Qualitative Focus Group Study.JMIR human factors · 2024Article
- Feasibility, coverage, and inter-rater reliability of the assessment of therapeutic interaction by a humanoid robot providing arm rehabilitation to stroke survivors using the instrument THER-I-ACT.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2023Article
- The most used questionnaires for evaluating the usability of robots and smart wearables: A scoping review.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
Adherence to exercise programs for chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a major issue. The R-COOL feasibility study evaluated humanoid robot supervision of exercise for CLBP. Aims are as follows: (1) compare stretching sessions between the robot and a physiotherapist (control), (2) compare clinical outcomes between groups, and (3) evaluate participant perceptions of usability and satisfaction and therapist acceptability of the robot system. Prospective, randomized, controlled, single-blind, 2-centre study comparing a 3-week (3 hours/day, 5 days/week) physical activity program. Stretching sessions (30 minutes/day) were supervised by a physiotherapist (control) or the robot. Primary outcome: daily physical activity time (adherence). Secondary outcomes: lumbar pain, disability and fear and beliefs, participant perception of usability (system usability scale) and satisfaction, and physiotherapist acceptability (technology acceptance model). Clinical outcomes were compared between groups with a Student
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