A review on upper limb rehabilitation robots

Rehabilitation is the process of treating post-stroke consequences. Impaired limbs are considered the common outcomes of stroke, which require a professional therapist to rehabilitate the impaired limbs and restore fully or partially its function. Due to the shortage in the number of therapists and...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qassim, Hassan M., Wan Hasan, Wan Zuha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87676/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87676/
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/19/6976
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.upm.eprints.87676
record_format eprints
spelling my.upm.eprints.876762022-07-06T03:45:54Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87676/ A review on upper limb rehabilitation robots Qassim, Hassan M. Wan Hasan, Wan Zuha Rehabilitation is the process of treating post-stroke consequences. Impaired limbs are considered the common outcomes of stroke, which require a professional therapist to rehabilitate the impaired limbs and restore fully or partially its function. Due to the shortage in the number of therapists and other considerations, researchers have been working on developing robots that have the ability to perform the rehabilitation process. During the last two decades, different robots were invented to help in rehabilitation procedures. This paper explains the types of rehabilitation treatments and robot classifications. In addition, a few examples of well-known rehabilitation robots will be explained in terms of their efficiency and controlling mechanisms. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87676/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Qassim, Hassan M. and Wan Hasan, Wan Zuha (2020) A review on upper limb rehabilitation robots. Applied Sciences, 10 (19). art. no. 6976. pp. 1-18. ISSN 2076-3417 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/19/6976 10.3390/app10196976
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
building UPM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Putra Malaysia
content_source UPM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://psasir.upm.edu.my/
language English
description Rehabilitation is the process of treating post-stroke consequences. Impaired limbs are considered the common outcomes of stroke, which require a professional therapist to rehabilitate the impaired limbs and restore fully or partially its function. Due to the shortage in the number of therapists and other considerations, researchers have been working on developing robots that have the ability to perform the rehabilitation process. During the last two decades, different robots were invented to help in rehabilitation procedures. This paper explains the types of rehabilitation treatments and robot classifications. In addition, a few examples of well-known rehabilitation robots will be explained in terms of their efficiency and controlling mechanisms.
format Article
author Qassim, Hassan M.
Wan Hasan, Wan Zuha
spellingShingle Qassim, Hassan M.
Wan Hasan, Wan Zuha
A review on upper limb rehabilitation robots
author_facet Qassim, Hassan M.
Wan Hasan, Wan Zuha
author_sort Qassim, Hassan M.
title A review on upper limb rehabilitation robots
title_short A review on upper limb rehabilitation robots
title_full A review on upper limb rehabilitation robots
title_fullStr A review on upper limb rehabilitation robots
title_full_unstemmed A review on upper limb rehabilitation robots
title_sort review on upper limb rehabilitation robots
publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
publishDate 2020
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87676/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87676/
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/19/6976
_version_ 1738511965931700224
score 13.211869