Advances in upper limb stroke rehabilitation: A technology push

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1103-1118

  Loureiro, Rui C V ^a   Harwin, William S ^b   Nagai, Kiyoshi ^c   Johnson, Michelle ^d,e  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurorehabilitation; Rehabilitation robotics; Sensorimotor control; Stroke; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

BIOFEEDBACK; COMPUTER GAMES; PATIENT TREATMENT; ROBOTICS;

NEUROREHABILITATION; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; SENSORIMOTOR CONTROL; STROKE; UPPER LIMBS;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION;

ARM; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84862833540     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-011-0797-0     Document Type: Review

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