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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia Minciencias (Grant 801-2017) and (Grant 845-2020) and the Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito Funds.

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A Survey on Socially Assistive Robotics: Clinicians' and Patients' Perception of a Social Robot within Gait Rehabilitation Therapies

Publicated to:Brain Sciences. 11 (6): 738- - 2021-06-01 11(6), DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11060738

Authors: Raigoso, Denniss; Cespedes, Nathalia; Cifuentes, Carlos A; Del-Ama, Antonio J; Munera, Marcela

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Abstract

A growing interest in Socially Assistive Robotics in Physical Rehabilitation is currently observed; some of the benefits highlight the capability of a social robot to support and assist rehabilitation procedures. This paper presents a perception study that aimed to evaluate clinicians' and patients' perception of a social robot that will be integrated as part of Lokomat therapy. A total of 88 participants were surveyed, employing an online questionnaire based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). The participants belong to two health care institutions located in different countries (Colombia and Spain). The results showed an overall positive perception of the social robot (>60% of participants have a positive acceptance). Furthermore, a difference depending on the nature of the user (clinician vs. patient) was found.

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AdultAnxietyArticleAssistive technologyAttitudesCareClinical evaluationCognitive rehabilitationFacial recognitionFemaleFollow upGait disorderGait rehabilitationHealth care personnelHealth surveyHeart rateHumanLikert scaleLokomatMajor clinical studyMaleMultitaskingPerceptionPhysical activityPhysical rehabilitationPsychological aspectQuality of lifeQuestionnaireRoboticsSocial robotSocial robotsSpeech discrimination

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Brain Sciences, and although the journal is classified in the quartile Q3 (Agencia WoS (JCR)), its regional focus and specialization in Neurosciences, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.18. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 1.82 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 7.63 (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-29, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 17
  • Scopus: 25
  • Europe PMC: 2
  • OpenCitations: 16

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-29:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 54.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 54 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 7.4.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 6 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Colombia; United Kingdom.