Effects of wrist oscillations on contralateral neurological postural tremor using a new myohaptic device ('wristalyzer')

Proceedings of the 4th IEEE-EMBS International Summer School and Symposium on Medical Devices and Biosensors, ISSS-MDBS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 44-48

  Grimaldi, Giuliana ^b   Piet, Lammertse ^c   Manto, Mario ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Moog FCS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOTION ESTIMATION; TELEMEDICINE;

FAST OSCILLATIONS; INFORMATION FLOWS; IRREGULAR FLUCTUATIONS; LOADING CONDITIONS; MEDICAL DEVICES; MUSCLE FORCES; NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION; NEW DEVICES; NEW GENERATION; PEAK FREQUENCIES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION VELOCITY; SUB BANDS; SUMMER SCHOOLS; TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; UPPER LIMBS;

MUSCLE;

EID: 48049107964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSMDBS.2007.4338288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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