Development of a hand-assist robot with multi-degrees-of-freedom for rehabilitation therapy

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-146

  Ueki, Satoshi ^a   Kawasaki, Haruhisa ^b   Ito, Satoshi ^b   Nishimoto, Yutaka ^c   Abe, Motoyuki ^d   Aoki, Takaaki ^e   Ishigure, Yasuhiko ^f   Ojika, Takeo ^b   Mouri, Tetsuya ^b  

^a TOYOTA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SEIJOH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Marutomi Seikou Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hand rehabilitation; master slave; self motion control; thumb opposition; virtual reality (VR)

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION/ADDUCTION; AUDIO-VISUAL; COORDINATED MOTION; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; HAND REHABILITATION; HAND REHABILITATION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; MASTER SLAVE; MULTI DEGREES OF FREEDOM; RANGE OF MOTIONS; REHABILITATION THERAPY; SELF MOTION CONTROL; STROKE PATIENTS; SYSTEM FEATURES; THUMB OPPOSABILITY; THUMB OPPOSITION; TRAINING STRATEGY; VR TECHNOLOGY;

MOTION CONTROL; PATIENT TREATMENT; ROBOTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

EID: 84855924542     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2010.2090353     Document Type: Article

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