Moretti, Caio B.
Edwards, Dylan J.
Hamilton, Taya
Cortes, Mar
Peltz, Avrielle Rykman
Chang, Johanna L.
Delbem, Alexandre C. B.
Volpe, Bruce T.
Krebs, Hermano I.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD069776)
FAPESP (2019/06551-5)
MISTI-Brazil, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2160632)
Article History
Received: 20 September 2021
Accepted: 26 November 2021
First Online: 29 December 2021
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at each center (Burke Rehabilitation Hospital (BRC 426), MIT-COUHES (Committee on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects, 1203004976), and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research IRB (12-102B)), and participants provided written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: TH reports personal fees from Bionik Laboratories, outside the submitted work; In addition, TH has a patent “An apparatus and/or method for positioning a hand for rehabilitation” pending to Bionik Laboratories. HIK declares he was the founder of Interactive Motion Technologies and Chairman of the Board (1998–2016). He successfully sold Interactive Motion Technologies on April 2016 to Bionik Laboratories, where he served as Chief Science Officer and Board Member until July 2017. HIK was the founder of 4Motion Robotics. HIK has patents; Interactive Robotic Therapist; US Patent 5,466,213; 1995; Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued, and a patent Wrist And Upper Extremity Motion; US Patent No. 7,618,381; 2009; Massachusetts Institute of Technology licensed to Bionik Laboratories.