Evidence for improved muscle activation patterns after retraining of reaching movements with the MIME robotic system in subjects with post-stroke hemiparesis

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 186-194

  Lum, Peter S ^a,b   Burgar, Charles G ^c   Shor, Peggy C ^d  

^a HUNTER HOLMES MCGUIRE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ctrl Texas Vet Health Care System   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm; Electromyography (EMG); Movement; Rehabilitation; Robotics; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS;

CHRONIC STROKES; ISOMETRIC STRENGTH;

NEUROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SHOULDER GIRDLE; STROKE;

ARM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942640610     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2004.827225     Document Type: Article

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