Telerehabilitation using the Rutgers Master II glove following Carpal tunnel release surgery: Proof-of-concept

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-49

  Heuser, Andrew ^a   Kourtev, Hristian ^b   Winter, Scott ^b   Fensterheim, Devin ^c   Burdea, Grigore ^b   Hentz, Vincent ^d   Forducey, Pamela ^a  

^a Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; Hand strength; Java 3 D; Rutgers master II; Telerehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CARPAL TUNNEL; CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; HAND FUNCTION; HAND SURGERY; HAPTIC GLOVES; MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MEDIAN NERVES; PINCH STRENGTH; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RUTGERS; TELEREHABILITATION; VIRTUAL HAND;

ERRORS; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

LEARNING AIDS FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLOTHING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TELEMEDICINE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34248569887     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.891393     Document Type: Article

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