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... medical control systems motor drives patient care patient rehabilitation gait rehabilitation assistive elliptical machine People who have lost mobility due to injury and illness, such as brain or spinal cord injury, stroke, or degenerative diseases, have looked toward mechanized gait...

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... of measurements that will be performed on patients’ rehabilitating ankles in the interim so as to determine what other adjustments need to be made in the system to account for the coupled motions of the ankle joint. A full working system including data acquisition equipment utilized to collect patient information...

... biomechanics biothermics deformation haemodynamics patient rehabilitation splint brace boutonniere deformity finger dislocation therapy The boutonniere deformity (BD) is an injury to the extensor mechanism of the finger that severely hinders the afflicted digit’s functionality. Although...

... brain lifts medical disorders neurophysiology patient care patient rehabilitation safety devices Caregivers and nurses often have to lift patients and seat them into wheelchairs, beds, or automobiles. It is estimated that one out of every two nonambulatory patients falls and becomes...

... , pp. 480 – 481 . 29 10 2008 10 10 2009 09 12 2009 09 12 2009 biomechanics diseases patient rehabilitation Patients with affected motor control of the arm due to a stroke benefit from intensive and task-specific exercises consisting of active, repetitive...

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... range of motion of the arm. Currently, these questions are outside the scope of the present paper and we hope to address these in the near future. 06 01 2009 28 05 2009 31 08 2009 manipulators medical control systems optimisation patient rehabilitation A vast number...

... 06 2009 31 08 2009 biomechanics patient rehabilitation patient treatment Patient-friendly robots for upper-extremities rehabilitation are used as diagnostic and therapeutic aids for a wide range of disabilities. After a stroke, improving limited arm function is needed to regain...

... treatment for patients rehabilitating from lower extremity injuries such as acute trauma (e.g., broken ankle and tibia), stress fractures (e.g., cortical cracks), soft tissue injuries (e.g., sprains, strains, knee and hip arthroscopies, and collateral ligament...

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... for the users and to reduce the burden place on those who care for them. biomechanics muscle neurophysiology paediatrics patient rehabilitation 09 07 2009 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

..., and delivered to the customer for use. This project was supported by Grant No. 0607883 from the National Science Foundation. bioelectric phenomena biomechanics cardiovascular system Hall effect transducers patient rehabilitation 07 07 2009 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... Kenny Research Center and the Product Innovation Engineering Program of Sweden (PIEp). Corresponding author: L. Oddsson; e-mail: lars.oddsson@allina.com biomedical equipment patient rehabilitation 07 07 2009 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... of the user's performance is displayed on the phone's screen following completion of the exercise. biomedical equipment cellular radio mechanoception patient rehabilitation 01 07 2009 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... subjects can interpret this feedback to correct their head pitch and adjust their stride length and gait velocity. 30 06 2009 biomedical equipment biomedical measurement gait analysis patient rehabilitation touch (physiological) vibrations 2009 American Society of Mechanical...

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..., but robotics is also being used as a tool for assessing and treating motor impairments ( 5 6 ). biomechanics biomedical engineering bone medical robotics patient rehabilitation performance evaluation 13 11 2008 04 04 2009 27 05 2009 2009 American Society of Mechanical...