Haptic Feedback in Motor Hand Virtual Therapy Increases Precision and Generates Less Mental Workload

In this work we show that haptic feedback in upper limb motor therapy improves performance and generates a lower mental workload. To demonstrate this, two groups of participants (healthy adults and elders with hand motor problems) used a low-cost haptic device (Novint Falcon) and a non-robotic devic...

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Main Authors: Cristina Ramírez-Fernández, Alberto L. Morán, Eloísa García-Canseco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) 2015-10-01
Series:EAI Endorsed Transactions on Pervasive Health and Technology
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Online Access:http://eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.260242