Towards the development of a wearable rehabilitation device for stroke survivors

TIC-STH'09: 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference - Science and Technology for Humanity

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 12-17

  Henrey, Michael ^a   Sheridan, Cormac ^a   Khokhar, Zeeshan Omer ^a   Menon, Carlo ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assistive device; Rehabilitation; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE DEVICES; REHABILITATION DEVICES; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; SURFACE EMG;

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 77952704542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TIC-STH.2009.5444522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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