Aaron Yurkewich, University of Toronto

Research

Feasibility Hand Therapy Randomized Controlled Trial Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation Robotics Stroke Telerehabilitation Wearables

Latest papers

Myoelectric untethered robotic glove enhances hand function and performance on daily living tasks after stroke.
Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineering · 2020 · first author
Hand Extension Robot Orthosis (HERO) Grip Glove: enabling independence amongst persons with severe hand impairments after stroke.
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2020 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Feasibility evaluation of WEAR-IT (Wearable Assistive and Rehabilitation robot facilitating Intensive Telerehabilitation) for hand therapy after stroke
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$471,109

All 1 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Myoelectric untethered robotic glove enhances hand function and performance on daily living tasks after stroke.

Yurkewich A, Kozak IJ, Ivanovic A, Rossos D, Wang RH, Hebert D, Mihailidis A

Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineering2020First author

DOI: 10.1177/2055668320964050 PMID: 33403121

02

Hand Extension Robot Orthosis (HERO) Grip Glove: enabling independence amongst persons with severe hand impairments after stroke.

Yurkewich A, Kozak IJ, Hebert D, Wang RH, Mihailidis A

Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2020First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12984-020-00659-5 PMID: 32102668

Feasibility evaluation of WEAR-IT (Wearable Assistive and Rehabilitation robot facilitating Intensive Telerehabilitation) for hand therapy after stroke

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wang, Rosalie H; Hitzig, Sander L; Yurkewich, Aaron P

Keywords: Feasibility; Hand Therapy; Randomized Controlled Trial; Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation; Robotics; Stroke; Telerehabilitation; Wearables

$471,109

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Alex Mihailidis

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

2 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Feasibility Dear Professor Yurkewich, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Myoelectric untethered robotic glove enhances hand function and performance on daily living tasks after stroke." (2020), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Feasibility evaluation of WEAR-IT (Wearable Assistive and Rehabilitation robot facilitating Intensive Telerehabilitation) for hand therapy after stroke" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]