title: Research and development of compact wrist rehabilitation robot system.
abstract: Compact rehabilitation robot system which can support movement of the wrist of patients has been developed. The robot system can detect and analyze the patient's intention to move the wrist by such a biological signal as muscle potential, then, assist the wrist exercise of patients. Also, both-wrist rehabilitation robot system by mirror effect has been successfully developed for practical use in the hospital and at home.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Mechanical Science, Nagasaki Univ. Graduate School, 1-14 Bunkyomachi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Naohiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inagawa
authors.forename: Miki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hachisuka
authors.forename: Futoshi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hachisuka
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D005246:Feedback; D018737:Hand Strength; D006429:Hemiplegia; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012371:Robotics; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014953:Wrist / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Compact rehabilitation robot; biological signal; mirror effect