Effects of electromyography-driven robot-aided hand training with neuromuscular electrical stimulation on hand control performance after chronic stroke

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-159

  Rong, Wei ^a   Tong, Kai Yu ^a   Hu, Xiao Ling ^a   Ho, Sze Kit ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Neurorehabilitation; Sensorimotor integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROTHERAPY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; ROBOTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

EID: 84922009703     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2013.873491     Document Type: Article

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