OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation is 33. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Systematic review on wearable lower-limb exoskeletons for gait training in neuromuscular impairments	185
Review of control strategies for lower-limb exoskeletons to assist gait	128
Brain–computer interface robotics for hand rehabilitation after stroke: a systematic review	97
Measuring freezing of gait during daily-life: an open-source, wearable sensors approach	82
Immersive virtual reality during gait rehabilitation increases walking speed and motivation: a usability evaluation with healthy participants and patients with multiple sclerosis and stroke	71
Immersive virtual reality health games: a narrative review of game design	69
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	66
OpenSense: An open-source toolbox for inertial-measurement-unit-based measurement of lower extremity kinematics over long durations	64
State of the art in parallel ankle rehabilitation robot: a systematic review	54
Neurocognitive robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function: a randomized control trial on motor recovery in subacute stroke	52
Serious games for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke: a meta-analysis	52
A usability study in patients with stroke using MERLIN, a robotic system based on serious games for upper limb rehabilitation in the home setting	51
Systematic review on the application of wearable inertial sensors to quantify everyday life motor activity in people with mobility impairments	50
Technology for monitoring everyday prosthesis use: a systematic review	50
Evidence of neuroplasticity with robotic hand exoskeleton for post-stroke rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial	49
Validation of IMU-based gait event detection during curved walking and turning in older adults and Parkinson’s Disease patients	47
These legs were made for propulsion: advancing the diagnosis and treatment of post-stroke propulsion deficits	47
Deep reinforcement learning for modeling human locomotion control in neuromechanical simulation	46
Effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation in modulating cortical excitability in patients with stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis	46
Laboratory versus daily life gait characteristics in patients with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and matched controls	45
Effects of virtual reality associated with serious games for upper limb rehabilitation in patients with multiple sclerosis: randomized controlled trial	44
Comparison between the effects of exergame intervention and traditional physical training on improving balance and fall prevention in healthy older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	42
Assessment of Parkinsonian gait in older adults with dementia via human pose tracking in video data	40
Prediction and detection of freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease from plantar pressure data using long short-term memory neural-networks	40
Virtual reality and non-invasive brain stimulation for rehabilitation applications: a systematic review	40

Prosthetic embodiment: systematic review on definitions, measures, and experimental paradigms	38
Functional electrical stimulation cycling exercise after spinal cord injury: a systematic review of health and fitness-related outcomes	38
Utilization of wearable technology to assess gait and mobility post-stroke: a systematic review	36
Effects of interactive video-game–based exercise on balance in older adults with mild-to-moderate Parkinson’s disease	36
Inertial sensor-based gait parameters reflect patient-reported fatigue in multiple sclerosis	36
Immersive Virtual Environments and Wearable Haptic Devices in rehabilitation of children with neuromotor impairments: a single-blind randomized controlled crossover pilot study	35
Non-invasive brain stimulation for improving gait, balance, and lower limbs motor function in stroke	34
HoMEcare aRm rehabiLItatioN (MERLIN): telerehabilitation using an unactuated device based on serious games improves the upper limb function in chronic stroke	33