An EMG-controlled robotic hand exoskeleton for bilateral rehabilitation

IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 140-151

  Leonardis, Daniele ^a   Barsotti, Michele ^a   Loconsole, Claudio ^a   Solazzi, Massimiliano ^a   Troncossi, Marco ^b   Mazzotti, Claudio ^b   Castelli, Vincenzo Parenti ^b   Procopio, Caterina ^c   Lamola, Giuseppe ^c   Chisari, Carmelo ^c   Bergamasco, Massimo ^a   Frisoli, Antonio ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Emerging technologies; Haptic I O; Health; Human Haptics; Human centered computing; Integrating touch based interactions into various domains Assistive technology; Rehabilitation; Robotics; User Machine Systems

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HEALTH; ROBOTICS;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; HAPTIC I/O; HAPTICS; HUMAN-CENTERED COMPUTING; USER/MACHINE SYSTEMS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

DEVICES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXOSKELETON (REHABILITATION); FINGER; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXOSKELETON DEVICE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

EID: 84933047839     PISSN: 19391412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TOH.2015.2417570     Document Type: Article

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