Effect of a robotic rehabilitation device on upper limb function in a sub-acute cervical spinal cord injury population

IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zariffa, José ^a   Kapadia, Naaz ^b   Kramer, John L K ^a   Taylor, Philippa ^a   Alizadeh Meghrazi, Milad ^b   Zivanovic, Vera ^b   Willms, Rhonda ^a,c   Townson, Andrea ^a,c   Curt, Armin ^d   Popovic, Milos R ^b,e   Steeves, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c GF Strong Rehabilitation Research Lab   (Canada)

^d BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ARAT; GRASSP; robotic rehabilitation; spinal cord injury; sub acute; upper limb

Indexed keywords

ARAT; GRASSP; ROBOTIC REHABILITATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUB-ACUTE; UPPER LIMBS;

DOSIMETRY; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 80055032667     PISSN: 19457898     EISSN: 19457901     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2011.5975400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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