A hands-off physical therapy assistance robot for cardiac patients

Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 337-340

  Kang, Kyong Il ^a   Freedman, Sanford ^a   Matarić, Maja J ^a   Cunningham, Mark J ^b   Lopez, Becky ^b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING EXERCISES; CARDIAC PATIENTS; PATIENT INTERACTION; THERAPY ASSISTANCE ROBOT;

BREATH CONTROLLED DEVICES; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; HOSPITALS; NURSING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33745784405     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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