An assessment of robot-assisted bimanual movements on upper limb motor coordination following stroke

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 595-604

  Lewis, Gwyn N ^a,b   Perreault, Eric J ^c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemiparesis; Motor control; Robotics; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

BIMANUAL MOVEMENT; BIMANUAL ROBOTS; HEMIPARESIS; INTERFACE FORCES; LIMB MOVEMENTS; MOTOR CO-ORDINATION; MOTOR COMMANDS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT TRAJECTORIES; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; POTENTIAL EFFICACY; REACHING TASK; RELATIVE TIMING; ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS; UPPER LIMBS; UPPER-LIMB REHABILITATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

MOTORS; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ROBOTS;

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 74549182733     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2009.2029315     Document Type: Article

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