Information Security in Medical Robotics: A Survey on the Level of Training, Awareness and Use of the Physiotherapist

Cybersecurity is becoming an increasingly important aspect to investigate for the adoption and use of care robots, in term of both patients’ safety, and the availability, integrity and privacy of their data. This study focuses on opinions about cybersecurity relevance and related skills for physiotherapists involved in rehabilitation and assistance thanks to the aid of robotics. The goal was to investigate the awareness among insiders about some facets of cybersecurity concerning human–robot interactions. We designed an electronic questionnaire and submitted it to a relevant sample of physiotherapists. The questionnaire allowed us to collect data related to: (i) use of robots and its relationship with cybersecurity in the context of physiotherapy; (ii) training in cybersecurity and robotics for the insiders; (iii) insiders’ self-assessment on cybersecurity and robotics in some usage scenarios, and (iv) their experiences of cyber-attacks in this area and proposals for improvement. Besides contributing some specific statistics, the study highlights the importance of both acculturation processes in this field and monitoring initiatives based on surveys. The study exposes direct suggestions for continuation of these types of investigations in the context of scientific societies operating in the rehabilitation and assistance robotics. The study also shows the need to stimulate similar initiatives in other sectors of medical robotics (robotic surgery, care and socially assistive robots, rehabilitation systems, training for health and care workers) involving insiders.

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Self-assessment by medical workers of the degree of influence of working conditions on the development of occupational diseases

Russian Journal of Occupational Health and Industrial Ecology ◽

10.31089/1026-9428-2019-59-8-463-467 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 463-467 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

N. N. Petrukhin ◽

O. N. Andreenko ◽

I. V. Boyko ◽

S. V. Grebenkov

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Occupational Diseases ◽

Health Workers ◽

Medical Personnel ◽

Long Term Memory ◽

Self Assessment ◽

Medical Institutions ◽

Care Workers ◽

The Impact

Introduction. The activities of health workers are associated with the impact of many harmful factors that lead to loss of health. Compared with other professional groups, health care workers are ill longer and harder, which may be due to polymorbidity pathology.The aim of the study based on the survey data to study the representation of health workers about working conditions and to identify their impact on the formation of occupational diseases.Materials and methods. In order to get a real idea of the attitude of medical workers to their working conditions in 2018, an anonymous survey was conducted of 1129 doctors and 776 employees of secondary and junior medical personnel working in health care institutions in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Vologda and Orel.Results. Research of working conditions and health of physicians allowed to establish that work in medical institutions imposes considerable requirements to an organism of working, its physical condition and endurance, volume of operational and long-term memory, ability to resist to mental, moral and ethical overloads.Conclusions: The most important method of combating the development of occupational diseases is their prevention. Organizational and preventive measures should be aimed primarily at monitoring the working conditions and health of medical staff .

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Interactive Personalization for Socially Assistive Robots

Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction - HRI '17 ◽

10.1145/3029798.3034813 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Caitlyn E. Clabaugh

Keyword(s):

Assistive Robots ◽

Socially Assistive Robots

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Socially Assistive Robots in Aged Care: Ethical Orientations Beyond the Care-Romantic and Technology-Deterministic Gaze

Science and Engineering Ethics ◽

10.1007/s11948-021-00296-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Tijs Vandemeulebroucke ◽

Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé ◽

Chris Gastmans

Keyword(s):

Aged Care ◽

Assistive Robots ◽

Socially Assistive Robots ◽

Ethical Orientations

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Control Strategies and Artificial Intelligence in Rehabilitation Robotics

AI Magazine ◽

10.1609/aimag.v36i4.2614 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 23-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Domen Novak ◽

Robert Riener

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Control Strategies ◽

Rehabilitation Robotics ◽

Control Algorithms ◽

Assistive Robots ◽

Socially Assistive Robots ◽

Rehabilitation Robots ◽

Exercise Adaptation ◽

Dominant Paradigm ◽

Do So

Rehabilitation robots physically support and guide a patient's limb during motor therapy, but require sophisticated control algorithms and artificial intelligence to do so. This article provides an overview of the state of the art in this area. It begins with the dominant paradigm of assistive control, from impedance-based cooperative controller through electromyography and intention estimation. It then covers challenge-based algorithms, which provide more difficult and complex tasks for the patient to perform through resistive control and error augmentation. Furthermore, it describes exercise adaptation algorithms that change the overall exercise intensity based on the patient's performance or physiological responses, as well as socially assistive robots that provide only verbal and visual guidance. The article concludes with a discussion of the current challenges in rehabilitation robot software: evaluating existing control strategies in a clinical setting as well as increasing the robot's autonomy using entirely new artificial intelligence techniques.

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