A virtual reality system for arm and hand rehabilitation

Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-32

  Luo, Zhiqiang ^a   Lim, Chee Kian ^a   Chen, I Ming ^a   Yeo, Song Huat ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

motion tracking; optical linear encoder (OLE); rehabilitation; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79651471516     PISSN: 20950233     EISSN: 20950241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11465-011-0202-6     Document Type: Article

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