Coactivations of elbow and shoulder muscles in hemiplegic persons with chronic stroke during robot-assisted training

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 4933-4935

  Hu, X L ^a   Song, R ^a   Tong, K Y ^a   Tsang, S F ^a   Leung, O Y ^a   Li, L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); LEARNING SYSTEMS; MUSCLE; ROBOTICS;

ANTERIOR DELTOID; HEMIPLEGIC PERSONS; SELECTIVE MUSCLE CONTROL;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; SHOULDER; STROKE;

EID: 34047175930     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259575     Document Type: Conference Paper

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