2026 Hermano Igo Krebs: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	79	17436	16384	8726	8062	285	26876

Overview

Hermano Igo Krebs is affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Engineering, with a strong emphasis on Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation.

The scientist's work focuses on several interconnected topics, including:

Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
Muscle activation and electromyography studies
Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

Hermano Igo Krebs has authored multiple recent research papers notable for their coverage of rehabilitation and assistive technologies. Some of these include:

"Convolutional Neural Networks and Transfer Learning for Quality Inspection of Different Sugarcane Varieties," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
"Effects of innovative hip-knee-ankle interlimb coordinated robot training on ambulation, cardiopulmonary function, depression, and fall confidence in acute hemiplegia," 2020, Neurorehabilitation
"Effects of Robotic Therapy Associated With Noninvasive Brain Stimulation on Upper-Limb Rehabilitation After Stroke: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials," 2021, Neurorehabilitation and neural repair
"Identification of Gait Events in Healthy and Parkinson's Disease Subjects Using Inertial Sensors: A Supervised Learning Approach," 2020, IEEE Sensors Journal
"Robot-assisted training compared with an enhanced upper limb therapy programme and with usual care for upper limb functional limitation after stroke: the RATULS three-group RCT," 2020, Health Technology Assessment

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors who have contributed to multiple works alongside them, including Hiroaki Hirai, Kazuhiro Matsui, Atsushi Nishikawa, Hirokazu Kuga, and Ryohei Terada.

Their research is often published in venues that focus on robotics, rehabilitation, and biomedical applications. Frequent publication outlets include:

The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
Scientific Reports
IEEJ Journal of Industry Applications
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Bioelectronic Medicine

Best Publications

Effects of Robot-Assisted Therapy on Upper Limb Recovery After Stroke: A Systematic Review

Gert Kwakkel;Boudewijn J. Kollen;Hermano I. Krebs

1825
Citations
Robot-aided neurorehabilitation

H.I. Krebs;N. Hogan;M.L. Aisen;B.T. Volpe

1816
Citations
Robot-Assisted Therapy for Long-Term Upper-Limb Impairment after Stroke

Albert C. Lo;Peter D. Guarino;Lorie G. Richards;Jodie K. Haselkorn

1680
Citations
Rehabilitation Robotics: Performance-Based Progressive Robot-Assisted Therapy

H. I. Krebs;J. J. Palazzolo;L. Dipietro;M. Ferraro

890
Citations
Movement smoothness changes during stroke recovery.

Brandon Rohrer;Susan Fasoli;Hermano Igo Krebs;Richard Hughes

849
Citations
A novel approach to stroke rehabilitation Robot-aided sensorimotor stimulation

B.T. Volpe;H.I. Krebs;N. Hogan;L. Edelstein

779
Citations
The Effect of Robot-Assisted Therapy and Rehabilitative Training on Motor Recovery Following Stroke

M L Aisen;H I Krebs;N Hogan;F McDowell

710
Citations
Effects of robotic therapy on motor impairment and recovery in chronic stroke.

Susan E. Fasoli;Hermano I. Krebs;Joel Stein;Walter R. Frontera

699
Citations
Robot-Aided Neurorehabilitation: A Robot for Wrist Rehabilitation

H.I. Krebs;B.T. Volpe;D. Williams;J. Celestino

662
Citations
Increasing Productivity and Quality of Care : Robot-aided Neuro Rehabilitation

H I Krebs;B T Volpe;M L Aisen;N Hogan

579
Citations
MIT-MANUS: a workstation for manual therapy and training. I

N. Hogan;H.I. Krebs;J. Charnnarong;P. Srikrishna

468
Citations
Motions or muscles? Some behavioral factors underlying robotic assistance of motor recovery.

Neville Hogan;Hermano I Krebs;Brandon Rohrer;Jerome J Palazzolo

421
Citations
Rehabilitation robotics: pilot trial of a spatial extension for MIT-Manus

Hermano I Krebs;Hermano I Krebs;Mark Ferraro;Stephen P Buerger;Miranda J Newbery;Miranda J Newbery

387
Citations
Robot-Aided Neurorehabilitation: A Novel Robot for Ankle Rehabilitation

A. Roy;H.I. Krebs;D.J. Williams;C.T. Bever

366
Citations
Robot assisted training for the upper limb after stroke (RATULS): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Helen Rodgers;Helen Rodgers;Helen Rodgers;Helen Bosomworth;Hermano I Krebs;Frederike van Wijck

361
Citations
Robot training enhanced motor outcome in patients with stroke maintained over 3 years

B.T. Volpe;H.I. Krebs;N. Hogan;L. Edelsteinn

360
Citations
Kinematic robot-based evaluation scales and clinical counterparts to measure upper limb motor performance in patients with chronic stroke.

Caitlyn Bosecker;Laura Dipietro;Bruce Volpe;Hermano Igo Krebs

355
Citations
Robotic therapy for chronic motor impairments after stroke: Follow-up results.

Susan E Fasoli;Hermano I Krebs;Hermano I Krebs;Joel Stein;Joel Stein;Walter R Frontera;Walter R Frontera

331
Citations
Intensive Sensorimotor Arm Training Mediated by Therapist or Robot Improves Hemiparesis in Patients With Chronic Stroke

Bruce T. Volpe;Daniel Lynch;Avrielle Rykman-Berland;Mark Ferraro

324
Citations
Quantization of continuous arm movements in humans with brain injury

Hermano Igo Krebs;Mindy L. Aisen;Bruce T. Volpe;Neville Hogan

324
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Neville Hogan MIT

Bruce T. Volpe Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

Dylan J. Edwards Edith Cowan University

Richard F. Macko University of Maryland, Baltimore

Alvaro Pascual-Leone Harvard University

Gary A. Ford University of Oxford

Howard Poizner University of California, San Diego

Felipe Fregni Harvard University

Luke Vale Newcastle University

Walter R. Frontera University of Puerto Rico

External Links

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