Neurophysiology of robot-mediated training and therapy: A perspective for future use in clinical populations

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 4 NOV, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Turner, Duncan L ^a,b   Ramos Murguialday, Ander ^c,d   Birbaumer, Niels ^c,e   Hoffmann, Ulrich ^d   Luft, Andreas ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^e SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Motor adaptation; Motor cortex; Motor learning; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARM; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEG; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84889681977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00184     Document Type: Review

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