Design and development of a hand robotic rehabilitation device for post stroke patients.
Robot-mediated rehabilitation is a rapidly advancing discipline that seeks to develop improved treatment procedures using new technologies, e.g., robotics, coupled with modern theories in neuroscience and rehabilitation. A robotic device was designed and developed for rehabilitation of upper limbs of post stroke patients. A novel force feedback bimanual working mode provided real-time dynamic sensation of the paretic hand. Results of the preliminary clinical tests revealed a quantitative evaluation of the patient's level of paresis and disability.
Rashedi
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Mechanical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology and Research Center for Science and Technology In Medicine (RCSTIM), Tehran, Iran. rashedi@mech.sharif.edu
Mirbagheri
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A
Taheri
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B
Farahmand
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F
Vossoughi
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GR
Parnianpour
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M
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology; D006225:Hand / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D010291:Paresis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000295:instrumentation; D012371:Robotics; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation