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Total Citations
775
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About
Joan Lobo-Prat is a prominent biomedical engineer and rehabilitation robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of assistive technology, human-robot interaction, and neurological rehabilitation. Best known for a landmark 2021 systematic review on wearable lower-limb exoskeletons for gait training in neuromuscular impairments — now cited over 420 times — Lobo-Prat has established herself as a leading authority on how robotic systems can restore mobility and independence to individuals with conditions such as stroke, spinal cord injury, and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Her research spans the full translational pipeline: from hardware design, as demonstrated by the A-Gear wearable dynamic arm support for DMD patients, to sophisticated control strategies that adapt in real time to a user's performance. A 2023 systematic review on control strategies for post-brain-injury exoskeleton rehabilitation (115 citations) further cemented her influence on clinical practice. Lobo-Prat has also advanced robot learning from demonstration and whole-body motion transfer, broadening her contributions beyond rehabilitation into general robotics. Through multicentric clinical investigations and her early advocacy for standardizing evaluation frameworks, she continues shaping how the field rigorously assesses safety, feasibility, and therapeutic effectiveness of next-generation exoskeletons.
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- 3Design and pilot validation of A-gear: a novel wearable dynamic arm support62 citations · 2015
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- 7Human to robot whole-body motion transfer18 citations · 2021
- 8Gaussian-process-based robot learning from demonstration17 citations · 2023
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