Comfort of two shoulder actuation mechanisms for arm therapy exoskeletons: A comparative study in healthy subjects

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 781-789

  Nef, Tobias ^a,b   Riener, Robert ^c,d   Müri, René ^a   Mosimann, Urs P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arm therapy robot; Comfort; Exoskeleton; Shoulder actuation

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION MECHANISM; COMFORT; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EXOSKELETON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MOVEMENT TRAJECTORIES; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETONS; TRANSLATIONAL DEGREES OF FREEDOMS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); SURVEYS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ACROMION; ADULT; ARM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORTHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER;

ACROMION; ADULT; ARM; HEALTH; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879102300     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-013-1047-4     Document Type: Article

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