Seung Yeol Lee
Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, Soonchunhyang University
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About
Seung Yeol Lee is a rehabilitation medicine researcher whose work sits at the intersection of burn injury recovery, robotic-assisted rehabilitation, and neuroscientific pain management. He has established himself as a pioneering figure in applying robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) to burn patients — a population historically underrepresented in rehabilitation robotics research. His most-cited work (2022, 20 citations) demonstrated that virtual reality can meaningfully reduce pain during RAGT by modulating cerebral blood flow in the prefrontal cortex, offering a neurophysiological lens through which to understand pain relief. His randomized controlled trial (2020, 18 citations) provided rigorous clinical evidence that RAGT significantly improves lower extremity gait function in burn survivors compared to conventional training. Beyond gait recovery, Lee has explored innovative applications such as 3D-scanner-modeled exoskeleton robots for hand burn rehabilitation and RAGT utility in patients with spinal cord injuries caused by electrical burns. His more recent work investigates the neurological mechanisms underlying gait automatization during robotic training, revealing improvements in both gait performance and brain activity. With a growing body of cited work, Lee is carving out an important niche in technologically enhanced burn rehabilitation.
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