A novel paradigm for patient-cooperative control of upper-limb rehabilitation robots

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 843-867

  Mihelj, Matjaž ^a   Nef, Tobias ^a   Riener, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Minimal intervention principle; Minimum jerk; Rehabilitation robotics; Upper limbs

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MINIMAL INTERVENTION PRINCIPLE; MINIMUM JERK; MULTIMODAL DISPLAYS; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 34547533099     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855307780851975     Document Type: Article

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