Hand & upper Limb Rehabilitation
Boosting robot-assisted rehabilitation of stroke hemiparesis by individualized selection of upper limb movements – a pilot study
... Three measures of performance at the robot- assisted task (collected during the mapping sessions) served as secondary task-related outcome measures additional to the above-mentioned secondary clinical outcome measures. ...
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Effects of Task Related Training and Hand Dominance on Upper Limb Motor Function in Subjects with Stroke
... of hand dominance in stroke ...of hand dominance in stroke rehabilitation was ...dominant hand paresis improved after the treatment ...dominant hand may lead to a better pre stroke ...
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Wearable technology in stroke rehabilitation: towards improved diagnosis and treatment of upper-limb motor impairment
... Potentiometers and encoders are robust to noise and require little processing of signals, as the output from these sensors can be mapped directly to angular dis- placement (or linear, in the case of linear encoders). The ...
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Development of Digital Control Systems for Wearable Mechatronic Devices: Applications in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb
... the hand and fingers being the largest focus (50% of ...the upper limb can translate into better quality of life for those suffering from these ...
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Assessment of movement quality in robot- assisted upper limb rehabilitation after stroke: a review
... assisted rehabilitation system as no external measures are required, care should be taken as the bio-mechanical model of specific robot or electromechanical assistance especially those built with less than seven ...
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Design and development of two medical devices to assist the rehabilitation of the upper limb mobility in post stroke
... These both features were designed in a single element. The chest button has a circular shape and fits inside the hollow jar lid, which has a surface roughness that resembles the one of a real jar lid (from a marmalade or ...
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Preparing a neuropediatric upper limb exergame rehabilitation system for home-use: a feasibility study
... The portable YouGrabber system is a computer-enhanced upper limb training system (Fig. 1a). “Boxes” containing sensors were attached with Velcro to the size fit neoprene gloves. A camera mounted above the ...
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Virtual reality for the rehabilitation of the upper limb motor function after stroke: a prospective controlled trial.
... The ULC program was based on traditional rehabilita- tion techniques aimed at restoring upper limb motor functions and based on the Bobath principles [30]. The patients were asked to perform a wide range of ...
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Synopsis of Causation. Fractures Long Bones, Upper Limb (includes hand)
... 4-week rehabilitation programme combining exercises, electrical therapy and massage will produce a significant increase in shoulder strength and decrease in ...
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The development of an adaptive upper-limb stroke rehabilitation robotic system
... deliver upper-limb rehabilitation for people with paralyzed upper ...s hand along a linear constraint, which can be manually oriented in different angles to allow reaching in various ...
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A functional electrical stimulation (fes) control system for upper limb rehabilitation
... In this thesis, a FSM controller has been presented that can take signals from accelerometers tracking the movements of up to four different body segments (hand, forearm, upper arm and torso). ...
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Neurorehabilitation in upper limb amputation: understanding how neurophysiological changes can affect functional rehabilitation
... prosthetic limb, yet significant variability across persons exists ...with limb loss that are able to have sensory and motor reinnervation [95, ...prosthetic hand with upwards of 3° of freedom or ...
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A neural tracking and motor control approach to improve rehabilitation of upper limb movements
... functional limb substitution [13], and has been proved as a successful therapy tool both in lower [14] and in upper limb move- ments ...FES-assisted rehabilitation programs for hemiplegic ...
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Logging therapy session data via an upper limb FES rehabilitation system
... One PT, an OT and a TA, none of whom had prior clini- cal experience of upper limb FES treated the patient par- ticipant reported here (see Tab. 2). All three therapists completed a two-day training session ...
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Development of a behaviour change intervention to increase upper limb exercise in stroke rehabilitation
... stroke rehabilitation with methods to increase the amount of repetitive task-oriented training for the upper limb ur- gently ...and hand exercise programme that was developed by researchers at ...
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Translation of robot-assisted rehabilitation to clinical service: a comparison of the rehabilitation effectiveness of EMG-driven robot hand assisted upper limb training in practical clinical service and in clinical trial with laboratory configuration for chronic stroke
... on hand despite the lower training frequency per ...the hand grasp and release motion and arm reaching motions every day with the purpose to generalize the learnt motor skill in the daily ...robotic ...
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Development of the Occupational Therapy Stroke Arm and Hand Record (OT-STAR): an upper limb treatment schedule
... therapists, from acute and community settings in North West England contributed to interviews and subsequently group discussions to design and pilot a treatment schedule. Interview data were analysed using thematic ...
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Functionality among stroke survivors with upper limb impairment attending community based rehabilitation
... attending rehabilitation sessions at the three rehabilitation centres were approached and screened for ...and Hand (DASH) (score ≥2) were considered eligible for ...
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Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of an Upper limb Rehabilitation Robot
... contact point (P ) and the torques ( ) applied by the motors through the SEA based drive system. The two subsystems are connected in the transmission point (P ) with the end goal that the torque ( ) exerted by the ...
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A Simple Position Sensing Device for Upper Limb Rehabilitation
... routines. Rehabilitation under the supervision of physiotherapists in healthcare settings is to encourage the recovery ...interactive rehabilitation device for upper limb rehabilitation ...
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