Exoskeleton robots for upper-limb rehabilitation: State of the art and future prospects

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• 作者：Ho Shing Lo ; ^{hlo015@aucklanduni.ac.nz} ; Sheng Quan Xie ; ^{s.xie@auckland.ac.nz}
• 关键词：Exoskeleton ; Upper limb ; Robotic therapy ; Physiotherapy ; Stroke rehabilitation
• 刊名：Medical Engineering and Physics
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：196_13504533
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：34
• 期：3
• 页码：261-268
• 文件大小：538 K

摘要

Current health services are struggling to provide optimal rehabilitation therapy to victims of stroke. This has motivated researchers to explore the use of robotic devices to provide rehabilitation therapy for strokepatients. This paper reviews the recent progress of upper limb exoskeleton robots for rehabilitation treatment of patients with neuromuscular disorders. Firstly, a brief introduction to rehabilitation robots will be given along with examples of existing commercial devices. The advancements in upper limb exoskeleton technology and the fundamental challenges in developing these devices are described. Potential areas for future research are discussed.