Novel robotic mechanisms for upper-limb rehabilitation and assessment

Robotic rehabilitation and assessment of the human upper-limb following stroke is currently limited in part by the inability of robots to replicate natural motion. In particular, motion of the shoulder girdle is usually neglected, despite the fact that the shoulder girdle is necessary to stabilize...

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Main Author: Ball, Stephen Joseph
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Format: Others
Language:en
en
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/1344