Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 364-373, April 2009

A robotic workstation for stroke rehabilitation of the upper extremity using FES

  • C.T. Freeman

      Affiliations

    • School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • A.-M. Hughes

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Professions and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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  • J.H. Burridge

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Professions and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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  • P.H. Chappell

      Affiliations

    • School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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  • P.L. Lewin

      Affiliations

    • School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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  • E. Rogers

      Affiliations

    • School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK

Received 17 October 2007; received in revised form 23 March 2008; accepted 22 May 2008. published online 21 July 2008.

Abstract 

An experimental test facility is developed for use by stroke patients in order to improve sensory-motor function of their upper limb. Subjects are seated at the workstation and their task is to repeatedly follow reaching trajectories that are projected onto a target above their arm. To do this they use voluntary control with the addition of electrical stimulation mediated by advanced control schemes applied to muscles in their impaired shoulder and arm. Full details of the design of the workstation and its periphery systems are given, together with a description of its use during the treatment of stroke patients.

Keywords: Rehabilitation device, Robotics, Electrical stimulation

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PII: S1350-4533(08)00099-4

doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.05.008

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 364-373, April 2009

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