Robot therapy of the upper limb in stroke patients: Preliminary experiences for the principle-based use of this technology

Functional Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 195-202

  Casadio, Maura ^a,b   Giannoni, Psiche ^c   Masia, Lorenzo ^b   Morasso, Pietro ^b,d   Sandini, Giulio ^b,d   Sanguineti, Vittorio ^b,d   Squeri, Valentina ^b   Vergaro, Elena ^d  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c ART Education and Rehabilitation Centre   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Learning; Rehabilitation; Robot; Schema theory; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; REHABILITATION CARE; ROBOTICS; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONVALESCENCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77953798653     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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