Design and development of a hand exoskeleton for rehabilitation following stroke

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 1028-1034

  Rahman, Md Akhlaquor ^a   Al Jumaily, Adel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bilateral theraphy; Hand exoskeleton; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901033127     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.07.279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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