Rehabilitation Robotics ISBN 978-3-902613-04-2 hard cover, 648 pages Edited by: Sashi S Kommu Publisher: I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria Publication date: August 2007 Price: 80 Euro incl. package & postage |Download the full text of this book|

About the Book The coupling of several areas of the medical field with recent advances in robotic systems has seen a paradigm shift in our approach to selected sectors of medical care, especially over the last decade. Rehabilitation medicine is one such area. The development of advanced robotic systems has ushered with it an exponential number of trials and experiments aimed at optimising restoration of quality of life to those who are physically debilitated. Despite these developments, there remains a paucity in the presentation of these advances in the form of a comprehensive tool. This book was written to present the most recent advances in rehabilitation robotics known to date from the perspective of some of the leading experts in the field and presents an interesting array of developments put into 33 comprehensive chapters. The chapters are presented in a way that the reader will get a seamless impression of the current concepts of optimal modes of both experimental and ap- plicable roles of robotic devices.

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Table of Contents

01Robotic Solutions in Pediatric Rehabilitation
Michael Bailey-Van Kuren

02Biomechanical Constraints in the Design of Robotic Systems for Tremor Suppression
Juan-Manuel Belda-Lois, Alvaro Page, Jose-Maria Baydal-Bertomeu, Rakel Poveda and Ricard Barbero

03Robotics and Virtual Reality Applications in Mobility Rehabilitation
Rares F. Boian, Grigore C. Burdea and Judith E. Deutsch

04Designing Safety-Critical Rehabilitation Robots
Stephen Roderick and Craig Carignan

05Work Assistive Mobile Robot for the Disabled in a Real Work Environment
Hyun Seok Hong, Jung Won Kang and Myung Jin Chung

06The Evolution and Ergonomics of Robotic-Assisted Surgical Systems
Oussama Elhage, Ben Challacombe, Declan Murphy, Mohammed S Khan and Prokar Dasgupta

07Design and Implementation of a Control Architecture for Rehabilitation Robotic Systems
Duygun Erol and Nilanjan Sarkar

08A 3-D Rehabilitation System for Upper Limbs "EMUL", and a 6-DOF Rehabilitation System "Robotherapist", and Other Rehabilitation Systems with High Safety
Junji Furusho and Takehito Kikuchi

09The Rehabilitation Robots FRIEND-I & II: Daily Life Independency through Semi-Autonomous Task-Execution
Christian Martens, Oliver Prenzel and Axel Graeser

10Functional Rehabilitation: Coordination of Artificial and Natural Controllers
Rodolphe Heliot, Christine Azevedo and Bernard Espiau

11Passive-type Intelligent Walker Controlled Based on Caster-like Dynamics
Yasuhisa Hirata, Asami Muraki and Kazuhiro Kosuge

12Powered Human Gait Assistance
Kevin W. Hollander and Thomas G. Sugar

13Task-oriented and Purposeful Robot-Assisted Therapy
Michelle J Johnson, Kimberly J Wisneski, John Anderson, Dominic Nathan, Elaine Strachota, Judith Kosasih, Jayne Johnston and Roger O. Smith

14Applications of Robotics to Assessment and Physical Therapy of Upper Limbs of Stroke Patients
M.-S. Ju, C.-C. K. Lin, S.-M. Chen, I.-S. Hwang, P.-C. Kung and Z.-W. Wu

15Applications of a Fluidic Artificial Hand in the Field of Rehabilitation
Artem Kargov, Oleg Ivlev, Christian Pylatiuk, Tamim Asfour, Stefan Schulz, Axel Graeser, Ruediger Dillmann and Georg Bretthauer

16Upper-Limb Exoskeletons for Physically Weak Persons
Kazuo Kiguchi and Toshio Fukuda

17Cyberthosis: Rehabilitation Robotics With Controlled Electrical Muscle Stimulation
Patrick Metrailler, Roland Brodard, Yves Stauffer, Reymond Clavel and Rolf Frischknecht

18Haptic Device System For Upper Limb Motor Impairment Patients: Developing And Handling In Healthy Subjects
Tasuku Miyoshi, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Hokyoo Lee, Takafumi Terada, Yuko Ito, Kaoru Inoue and Takashi Komeda

19Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed Lower Limbs Using Functional Electrical Stimulation: Robust Closed Loop Control
Samer Mohammed, Philippe Poignet, Philippe Fraisse and David Guiraud

20Risk Evaluation of Human-Care Robots
Makoto Nokata and Koji Ikuta

21Robotic Exoskeletons for Upper Extremity Rehabilitation
Abhishek Gupta and Marcia K. O'Malley

22Upper Limb Rehabilitation System for Self-Supervised Therapy: Computer-Aided Daily Performance Evaluation for the Trauma and Disorder in the Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerves
Kengo Ohnishi, Keiji Imado, Yukio Saito and Hiroomi Miyagawa

23PLEIA: A Reconfigurable Platform for Evaluation of HCI acting
Peralta H., Monacelli E., Riman C., Baklouti M., Ben Ouezdou F., Mougharbel I., Laffont I. and Bouteille J.

24Facial Automaton for Conveying Emotions as a Social Rehabilitation Tool for People with Autism
Giovanni Pioggia, Maria Luisa Sica, Marcello Ferro, Silvia Casalini, Roberta Igliozzi, Filippo Muratori, Arti Ahluwalia and Danilo De Rossi

25Upper-Limb Robotic Rehabilitation Exoskeleton: Tremor Suppression
J.L. Pons, E. Rocon, A.F. Ruiz and J.C. Moreno

26Lower-Limb Wearable Exoskeleton
J.L. Pons, J.C. Moreno, F.J. Brunetti and E. Rocon

27Exoskeleton-Based Exercisers for the Disabilities of the Upper Arm and Hand
Ioannis Sarakoglou, Sophia Kousidou, Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis and Darwin G. Caldwell

28Stair Gait Classification from Kinematic Sensors
Wolfgang Svensson and Ulf Holmberg

29The ALLADIN Diagnostic Device: An Innovative Platform for Assessing Post-Stroke Functional Recovery
Stefano Mazzoleni, Jo Van Vaerenbergh, Andras Toth, Marko Munih, Eugenio Guglielmelli and Paolo Dario

30Synthesis of Prosthesis Architectures and Design of Prosthetic Devices for Upper Limb Amputees
Marco Troncossi and Vincenzo Parenti-Castelli

31An Embedded Control Platform of a Continuous Passive Motion Machine for Injured Fingers
Zhang Fuxiang

32A Portable Robot for Tele-rehabilitation: Remote Therapy and Outcome Evaluation
Hyung-Soon Park and Li-Qun Zhang

33Bio-inspired Interaction Control of Robotic Machines for Motor Therapy
Loredana Zollo, Domenico Formica and Eugenio Guglielmelli