Constraining upper limb synergies of hemiparetic patients using a robotic exoskeleton in the perspective of neuro-rehabilitation

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-257

  Crocher, Vincent ^a   Sahbani, Anis ^a   Robertson, Johanna ^b,c   Roby Brami, Agnès ^b,c   Morel, Guillaume ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Exoskeletons; rehabilitation robotic; upper limb synergies

Indexed keywords

END POINTS; EXOSKELETONS; JOINT COORDINATION; JOINT VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL TOOLS; MOVEMENT COORDINATION; NEUROREHABILITATION; POINTING MOVEMENT; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; ROBOT CONTROLLER; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETONS; UPPER LIMBS;

PHYSICAL THERAPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; JOINT; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PARESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROBOTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TORQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; JOINTS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARESIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TORQUE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84861512080     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2012.2190522     Document Type: Article

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