Mobile arm supports: History, application, and work in progress

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 74-94

  Landsberger, Samuel ^a,b   Leung, Pierre ^a   Vargas, Vicente ^c   Shaperman, Julie ^a   Baumgarten, Jane ^a   Yasuda, Y Lynn ^a   Sumi, Eunice ^a   McNeal, Donald ^a   Waters, Robert ^d  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^d Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center in Spinal Cord Injury   (United States)

Author keywords

MAS; Mobile arm supports; Orthosis; Upper extremity weakness

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; CONTROL SYSTEM; DEVICE; DISABILITY; FOREARM; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE ARM SUPPORT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORTHOSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 26944458052     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/FCDG-QHTV-M9KL-5478     Document Type: Review

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