Design and validation of a rehabilitation robotic exoskeleton for tremor assessment and suppression

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-378

  Rocon, E ^a   Belda Lois, J M ^b   Ruiz, A F ^a   Manto, M ^c   Moreno, J C ^a   Pons, J L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOMECÁNICA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Human robot interface; Orthotic tremor suppression; Rehabilitation robotics; Tremor

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MECHATRONICS; ORTHOTICS; SURGERY;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERFACES; ORTHOTIC TREMOR SUPPRESSION; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; TREMOR;

MECHATRONICS; ROBOTS;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; TREMOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIONICS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

BIOMECHANICAL LOADING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DIRECT TRANSFER; EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION; HUMAN-ROBOT INTERFACE; INTERNAL FORCES; MECHANICAL POWER; MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NOTCH FILTERING; ORTHOSIS; PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; PHYSICAL INTERFACE; REHABILITATION PROGRAMS; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETONS; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; UPPER LIMBS;

EID: 34648858599     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.903917     Document Type: Article

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