Evaluation of treatment in the Smart Home IRIS in terms of functional independence and occupational performance and satisfaction.

The development of assistive technologies, home modifications, and smart homes has rapidly advanced in the last two decades. Health professionals have recognised the benefits of these technologies in improving individual's quality of life. The Smart Home IRIS was established in 2008 within the University Rehabilitation Institute in Ljubljana with the aim to enable persons with disabilities and elderly people to test various assistive technologies and technical solutions for their independent living.

Psychophysiological responses to robot training in different recovery phases after stroke.

Psychophysiological responses have become a valuable tool in human-robot interaction since they provide an objective estimate of the user's psychological state. Unfortunately, their usefulness in rehabilitation robotics is uncertain since they are influenced by both physical activity and pathological conditions such as stroke. We performed psychophysiological measurements in subacute and chronic stroke patients as well as healthy controls during a reaching and grasping exercise task performed in a multimodal virtual environment.