Robot-mediated upper limb physiotherapy: Review and recommendations for future clinical trials

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 196-202

  Péter, Orsolya ^a,b   Fazekas, Gábor ^a,b   Zsiga, Katalin ^a,b   Dénes, Zoltán ^a  

^a National Institute for Medical Rehabilitation   (Hungary)

^b ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

Author keywords

arm; hemiparesis; rehabilitation; robot assisted therapy; robotics; stroke; upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ARM; HEMIPARESIS; ROBOT-ASSISTED THERAPY; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY; ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELBOW; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SHOULDER; STROKE; WRIST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ELBOW; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ROBOTICS; SHOULDER; STROKE; WRIST;

EID: 80051799649     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e328346e8ad     Document Type: Review

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