OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation is 34. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Systematic review on wearable lower-limb exoskeletons for gait training in neuromuscular impairments	163
Validity and reliability of wearable inertial sensors in healthy adult walking: a systematic review and meta-analysis	120
Review of control strategies for lower-limb exoskeletons to assist gait	110
Immediate and long-term effects of BCI-based rehabilitation of the upper extremity after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis	105
Brain–computer interface robotics for hand rehabilitation after stroke: a systematic review	89
Measuring freezing of gait during daily-life: an open-source, wearable sensors approach	76
The ReWalk ReStore™ soft robotic exosuit: a multi-site clinical trial of the safety, reliability, and feasibility of exosuit-augmented post-stroke gait rehabilitation	67
Systematic review with network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of robotic-assisted arm training for improving activities of daily living and upper limb function after stroke	66
Immersive virtual reality during gait rehabilitation increases walking speed and motivation: a usability evaluation with healthy participants and patients with multiple sclerosis and stroke	62
Classification of Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor based on balance and gait characteristics from wearable motion sensors via machine learning techniques: a data-driven approach	61
Virtual reality distraction induces hypoalgesia in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial	60
Immersive virtual reality health games: a narrative review of game design	57
OpenSense: An open-source toolbox for inertial-measurement-unit-based measurement of lower extremity kinematics over long durations	52
A comparison of two personalization and adaptive cognitive rehabilitation approaches: a randomized controlled trial with chronic stroke patients	50
Technology for monitoring everyday prosthesis use: a systematic review	49
Role of data measurement characteristics in the accurate detection of Parkinson’s disease symptoms using wearable sensors	49
Neurocognitive robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function: a randomized control trial on motor recovery in subacute stroke	49
Interfaces with the peripheral nervous system for the control of a neuroprosthetic limb: a review	48
State of the art in parallel ankle rehabilitation robot: a systematic review	46
A usability study in patients with stroke using MERLIN, a robotic system based on serious games for upper limb rehabilitation in the home setting	45
Systematic review on the application of wearable inertial sensors to quantify everyday life motor activity in people with mobility impairments	45
Serious games for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke: a meta-analysis	44
These legs were made for propulsion: advancing the diagnosis and treatment of post-stroke propulsion deficits	43
Effects of virtual reality associated with serious games for upper limb rehabilitation in patients with multiple sclerosis: randomized controlled trial	40
Advances in neuroprosthetic management of foot drop: a review	39

Evidence of neuroplasticity with robotic hand exoskeleton for post-stroke rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial	39
Deep reinforcement learning for modeling human locomotion control in neuromechanical simulation	39
Validation of IMU-based gait event detection during curved walking and turning in older adults and Parkinson’s Disease patients	39
Inpatient stroke rehabilitation: prediction of clinical outcomes using a machine-learning approach	39
Laboratory versus daily life gait characteristics in patients with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and matched controls	37
Virtual reality and non-invasive brain stimulation for rehabilitation applications: a systematic review	37
Effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation in modulating cortical excitability in patients with stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis	37
Assessment of Parkinsonian gait in older adults with dementia via human pose tracking in video data	36
Prediction of gait intention from pre-movement EEG signals: a feasibility study	36