Exoskeleton robots for upper-limb rehabilitation: State of the art and future prospects

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-268

  Lo, Ho Shing ^a   Xie, Sheng Quan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exoskeleton; Physiotherapy; Robotic therapy; Stroke rehabilitation; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

EXOSKELETON; EXOSKELETON ROBOTS; FUTURE PROSPECTS; HEALTH SERVICES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS; OPTIMAL REHABILITATION; RECENT PROGRESS; REHABILITATION ROBOT; REHABILITATION THERAPY; ROBOTIC DEVICES; STATE OF THE ART; STROKE REHABILITATION; UPPER LIMBS; UPPER-LIMB REHABILITATION;

PHYSICAL THERAPY; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

ARM MOVEMENT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; THERAPY EFFECT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NEW ZEALAND; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROBOTICS; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84858151912     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.10.004     Document Type: Review

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