Development of an interactive upper extremity gestural robotic feedback system: From bench to reality

Author

Wood, Krista A Coleman ; Lathan, Corinna E. ; Kaufman, Kenton R.

Author_Institution

Motion Anal. Lab., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

3-6 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

5973

Lastpage

5976

Abstract

Development of an interactive system to treat patients with movement impairments of the upper extremity is described. Gestures and movement of patients as instructed by therapists are detected by accelerometers and feedback is provided directly to the patient via a robot.

Keywords

accelerometers; biocontrol; biomechanics; feedback; graphical user interfaces; interactive systems; medical disorders; medical robotics; neurophysiology; patient rehabilitation; patient treatment; CosmoBot; accelerometer; graphical user interface; interactive upper extremity gestural robotic feedback system; motor control; movement impairment; patient rehabilitation; patient treatment; robotically assisted movement; Biofeedback, Psychology; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Female; Gestures; Humans; Male; Motion Therapy, Continuous Passive; Robotics; Therapy, Computer-Assisted; Upper Extremity; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3296-7

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333523

Filename

5333523