School-based use of a robotic arm system by children with disabilities

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 452-460

  Cook, Albert M ^a,d   Bentz, Brenda ^b,e   Harbottle, Norma ^a   Lynch, Cheryl ^a,c,f   Miller, Brad ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Edmonton Public Schools   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e Edmonton Public School Board   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Cerebral palsy; Disabled children; Physical disabilities; Play; Robotics; Special education

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; EDUCATION; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; NEUROLOGY; ROBOTICS; STUDENTS;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISABLED CHILDREN; LANGUAGE SKILLS; MOTOR DISABILITIES; PHYSICAL DISABILITIES; PLAY; ROBOT TASKS; SPECIAL EDUCATION;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHARACTER; CHILD; COGNITION; COLOR; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSIC; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; ROBOTICS; SCHOOL; SOUND; STUDENT; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHER; VOCALIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; ROBOTICS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 29544446922     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2005.856075     Document Type: Article

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