Developing a multi-joint upper limb exoskeleton robot for diagnosis, therapy, and outcome evaluation in neurorehabilitation

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 490-499

  Ren, Yupeng ^a,b   Kang, Sang Hoon ^a   Park, Hyung Soon ^a   Wu, Yi Ning ^a   Zhang, Li Qun ^c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Rehabtek LLC   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurorehabilitation; rehabilitation robotics; robot aided diagnosis; robot assisted therapy

Indexed keywords

EXOSKELETON ROBOTS; INDEPENDENT CONTROL; NEUROREHABILITATION; OUTCOME EVALUATION; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; ROBOT-ASSISTED THERAPIES; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

ARM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MOVEMENT THERAPY; ORTHOSIS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION;

ARM; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; ROBOTICS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877851377     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2012.2225073     Document Type: Article

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