A prototype of index-finger PIP joint motion amplifier for assisting patients with impaired hand mobility

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4146-4151

  Watanabe, Keisuke ^a   Morishita, Hiroshi ^a   Mori, Taketoshi ^a   Sato, Tomomasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTION COMPENSATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; VERIFICATION;

EXOSKELETAL DEVICES; IMPAIRED HAND MOBILITY; RANGE OF MOTION (ROM);

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 36348944712     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.364116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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