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Published in Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2026
Develops an EMG-driven soft robot with electro-vibro-feedback for targeted somatosensory priming, achieving significant improvements in voluntary wrist/hand control and corticomuscular coherence that persisted at 3-month follow-up in chronic stroke patients.
Legeng Lin, Yanhuan Huang, Wanyi Qing, Man-Ting Kuet, Hengtian Zhao, Fuqiang Ye, Wei Rong, Waiming Li, Xiaoling Hu. "Sensorimotor Integration by Targeted Priming in Muscles with Electromyography-Driven Electro-vibro-feedback in Robot-Assisted Wrist/Hand Rehabilitation after Stroke." Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2026.
DOI: 10.34133/cbsystems.0507
Published in CRC Press (Book Chapter), 2025
Discusses mobile upper limb robots designed for self-help telerehabilitation that enable stroke patients to perform rehabilitation exercises at home with remote monitoring, addressing accessibility and continuity of care challenges.
Legeng Lin, Chingyi Nam, Wei Rong, Waiming Li, Fuqiang Ye, Mankit Pang, Honwah Wai, Xiaoling Hu. "Mobile Upper Limb Robots for Self-Help Telerehabilitation." In Rehabilitation Robots for Neurological Disorders, CRC Press, 2025.
DOI: 10.1201/9781003419235-6
Published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2024
Discusses how to regulate somatosensory feedback through peripheral and central neuromodulatory stimulations based on real-time quantitative measurements during robot-assisted rehabilitation, proposing standardized protocols for precise detection and optimized stimulation combinations.
Legeng Lin, Wanyi Qing, Zijian Zheng, Waisang Poon, Song Guo, Shaomin Zhang, Xiaoling Hu. "Somatosensory integration in robot-assisted motor restoration post-stroke." Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2024.
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1491678
Published in 2024 17th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe), 2024
Demonstrates significant improvements in voluntary wrist/hand control, somatosensory feedback, and intermuscular coordination in chronic stroke patients using a sensorimotor-integrated hybrid soft robot with coordinated joint assistance.
Legeng Lin, Man-Ting Kuet, Wanyi Qing, Hengtian Zhao, Fuqiang Ye, Yanhuan Huang, Xiaoling Hu. "Effects of Sensorimotor-Integrated (SMI) Wrist/hand Rehabilitation Assisted by a Hybrid Soft Robot Poststroke." In Proceedings of i-CREATe 2024, Shanghai, China, 2024.
DOI: 10.1109/i-create62067.2024.10776482
Published in 2024 17th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (i-CREATe), 2024
Investigates cortico-muscular connectivity reorganization using EEG-EMG coherence analysis after exoneuromusculoskeleton-assisted telerehabilitation, revealing neuroplastic changes in sensorimotor integration during remote rehabilitation.
Wanyi Qing, Hantao Song, Legeng Lin, Fuqiang Ye, Xiaoling Hu. "Reorganization of Undirected and Directed Cortico-Muscular Connectivity After Exoneuromusculoskeleton-Assisted Telerehabilitation." In Proceedings of i-CREATe 2024, Shanghai, China, 2024.
DOI: 10.1109/i-create62067.2024.10776416
Published in Bioengineering, 2024
Compares cortical responses to focal vibratory stimulation (FVS) and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in stroke patients using EEG, finding that FVS elicits faster P300 responses and higher theta oscillations while NMES fosters targeted muscle responses in the contralesional motor cortex.
Legeng Lin, Wanyi Qing, Yanhuan Huang, Fuqiang Ye, Wei Rong, Waiming Li, Jiao Jiao, Xiaoling Hu. "Comparison of Immediate Neuromodulatory Effects between Focal Vibratory and Electrical Sensory Stimulations after Stroke." Bioengineering, 11(3), 286, 2024.
DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering11030286
Published in International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2021
Presents a hybrid soft-rigid hand exoskeleton combining soft actuators for comfort and safety with rigid structures for precise force transmission, achieving improved torque output and motion accuracy for poststroke hand rehabilitation.
Legeng Lin, Fuhai Zhang, Lei Yang, Yili Fu. "Design and modeling of a hybrid soft-rigid hand exoskeleton for poststroke rehabilitation." International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 210, 106831, 2021.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2021.106831
Published in Industrial Robot, 2020
Proposes a fuzzy neural network-based variable impedance control method that uses contact forces between finger and exoskeleton to track natural flexion-extension trajectories adaptively, achieving accurate and adaptive performance across subjects with different physiological parameters.
Fuhai Zhang, Legeng Lin, Lei Yang, Yili Fu. "Variable impedance control of finger exoskeleton for hand rehabilitation following stroke." Industrial Robot, 47(5), 2020.
DOI: 10.1108/IR-02-2019-0034
Published in Applied Sciences, 2019
Presents a hand exoskeleton with FPGA and Android-based control system that automatically switches between active and passive rehabilitation modes based on fingertip force sensing, with a synchronized hand model to encourage patient engagement.
Fuhai Zhang, Legeng Lin, Lei Yang, Yili Fu. "Design of an Active and Passive Control System of Hand Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation." Applied Sciences, 9(11), 2291, 2019.
DOI: 10.3390/app9112291
