Interfacing a haptic robotic system with complex virtual environments to treat impaired upper extremity motor function in children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 335-345

  Fluet, Gerard G ^a   Qiu, Qinyin ^b   Kelly, Donna ^c   Parikh, Heta D ^c   Ramirez, Diego ^b   Saleh, Soha ^b   Adamovich, Sergei V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; hemiplegia; rehabilitation; robotics; upper extremity; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77956603068     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17518423.2010.501362     Document Type: Article

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