Control of Robots for Rehabilitation

Author

Riener, Robert

Author_Institution

Autom. Control Lab, Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

21-24 Nov. 2005

Firstpage

33

Lastpage

36

Abstract

This paper gives a short overview about new human-centered robotic approaches applied to the rehabilitation of gait and upper-extremity functions in patients with movement disorders. So-called "patient-cooperative" strategies can take into account the patient\´s intention and efforts rather than imposing any predefined movement. It is hypothesized that such human-centered robotic approaches can improve the therapeutic outcome compared to classical rehabilitation strategies

Keywords

biomechanics; human computer interaction; medical robotics; muscle; neurophysiology; orthopaedics; patient rehabilitation; cooperative control; gait function rehabilitation; human-centered robots; movement disorders; neurorehabilitation; patient cooperative robots; patient rehabilitation; therapy; upper-extremity function rehabilitation; Extremities; Hospitals; Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots; Medical treatment; Rehabilitation robotics; Robot control; Robot kinematics; Service robots; Spinal cord injury; Cooperative control; human-centered; neuro-rehabilitation; rehabilitation robotics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer as a Tool, 2005. EUROCON 2005.The International Conference on

Conference_Location

Belgrade

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0049-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURCON.2005.1629851

Filename

1629851