The Soft Extra Muscle system for improving the grasping capability in neurological rehabilitation

2012 IEEE-EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, IECBES 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 412-417

  Nilsson, Mats ^a   Ingvast, Johan ^a   Wikander, Jan ^a   Von Holst, Hans ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

artificial tendons; grasping capability; mechatronic system; neurological rehabilitation; stroke; tactile sensors; underactuated fingers

Indexed keywords

GRASPING CAPABILITY; MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS; NEUROLOGICAL REHABILITATION; STROKE; TACTILE SENSORS; UNDER-ACTUATED FINGER;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; NEUROLOGY;

MUSCLE;

EID: 84876768533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECBES.2012.6498090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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