Robot-assisted training of the kinesthetic sense: Enhancing proprioception after stroke

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  De Santis, Dalia ^a   Zenzeri, Jacopo ^a   Casadio, Maura ^a,b   Masia, Lorenzo ^a,c   Riva, Assunta ^d   Morasso, Pietro ^a,b   Squeri, Valentina ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d SI4LIFE Innovation Hub for Elderly and Disabled People   (Italy)

Author keywords

Force perception; Haptic interaction; Kinesthetic acuity; Proprioception; Pulsed assistance; Robot assistance; Robot therapy; Stroke survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KINESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; REHABILITATION CARE; RELIABILITY; ROBOT ASSISTED TRAINING; ROBOTICS; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; TACTILE FEEDBACK;

EID: 84933678707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.01037     Document Type: Article

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