Upper limb evaluation with robotic exoskeleton. Normative values for indices of accuracy, speed and smoothness

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 523-530

  Merlo, A ^a,b   Longhi, M ^a   Giannotti, E ^a   Prati, P ^a   Giacobbi, M ^a   Ruscelli, E ^a   Mancini, A ^a   Ottaviani, M ^a   Montanari, L ^a   Mazzoli, D ^a  

^a Casa Di Cura Sol Et Salus   (Italy)

^b PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Armeo Spring; normative values; robotic device; robotic rehabilitation; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HAND PATH RATIO; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCAL HPR IN THE TARGET AREA; MAXIMUM AND MEAN VELOCITY; MEAN MAXIMUM VELOCITY NUMBER OF PEAKS IN VELOCITY PROFILE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMALIZED JERK; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON; ROUGHNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL OVERSHOOT; YOUNG ADULT;

ARMEO$^{\REGD}$SPRING; NORMATIVE VALUES; ROBOTIC DEVICE; ROBOTIC REHABILITATION; UPPER LIMB;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; ROBOTICS; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892735940     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-130998     Document Type: Article

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