A pediatric robotic thumb exoskeleton for at-home rehabilitation: The isolated orthosis for thumb actuation (IOTA)

International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-252

  Aubin, Patrick ^a   Petersen, Kelsey ^b   Sallum, Hani ^b   Walsh, Conor ^b   Correia, Annette ^c   Stirling, Leia ^b,d  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

At home hand rehabilitation; Exoskeleton; Pediatric; Rehabilitation robotics; Thumb

Indexed keywords

CABLES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EFFICIENCY; PEDIATRICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FORCE CHARACTERIZATION; HAND REHABILITATION; MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; THUMB;

EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS);

EID: 84926393327     PISSN: 1756378X     EISSN: 17563798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJICC-10-2013-0043     Document Type: Article

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