Robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 661-670

  Balasubramanian, Sivakumar ^a   Klein, Julius ^a   Burdet, Etienne ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hand impairments; robot assisted rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; FINGER; HAND FUNCTION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; STROKE; WRIST;

HAND; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

EID: 78649634753     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32833e99a4     Document Type: Review

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