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June 10, 2026SensorsOpen Access

Older Adult Movement Assessment Through Rehabilitation Software for Upper Limb Exoskeleton

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ACAngel CamachoDCDaniel Celis-RuizHRHellen Rivero-Pineda

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Overview

Pilot study analyzes motor performance differences in young and older adults using a rehabilitation robot and video game.

Key Points

  • This study aims to evaluate how aging affects motor performance, specifically wrist movements, in older and young adults.
  • Pilot study with 20 participants: 10 young adults and 10 older adults.
  • Upper limb rehabilitation robot used in passive mode alongside a maze-solving video game.
  • Kinematic analysis using metrics such as range of motion, path accuracy, and smoothness.
  • Young adults exhibited greater range of motion (greater than 2.167 errors compared to 6.000 errors for older adults).
  • Young adults showed lower root-mean-square error, indicating better trajectory tracking.
  • Older adults demonstrated greater smoothness in movements despite being less precise overall.

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Camacho et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a28ff956f82f25be989c781https://doi.org/10.3390/s26123658
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