Development of evaluation system of the motor function for upper limbs using 3-D rehabilitation robot “EMUL” and near-infrared spectroscopy “NIRS”

Author

Haraguchi, Makoto ; Kikuchi, Takehito ; Mihara, Masahito ; Hatakenaka, Megumi ; Miyai, Ichiro ; Furusho, Junji

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

23-26 June 2009

Firstpage

566

Lastpage

570

Abstract

Rehabilitation for upper limbs is important for the elderly people, the stroked patients and so on. In recent years, the needs for rehabilitation support systems are increasing, which use robot technology, virtual reality technology and neuroscience. In this paper we present about a development of evaluation system of the motor function for upper limbs using 3-D rehabilitation Robot ldquoEMULrdquo and brain function imaging method ldquoNIRSrdquo.

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical optical imaging; brain; medical robotics; patient rehabilitation; 3-D rehabilitation robot EMUL; brain function imaging; evaluation system; motor function; near-infrared spectroscopy; upper limbs; Actuators; Aging; Force sensors; Hospitals; Industrial training; Medical robotics; Rehabilitation robotics; Safety; Spectroscopy; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Rehabilitation Robotics, 2009. ICORR 2009. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kyoto International Conference Center

ISSN

1945-7898

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3788-7

Electronic_ISBN

1945-7898

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICORR.2009.5209515

Filename

5209515