A scoping review of design requirements for a home-based upper limb rehabilitation robot for stroke.

Journal: Topics in stroke rehabilitation
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Home-based robotic therapy is a trend of post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation. Although home-based upper limb rehabilitation robots have been developed over several decades, no design specification has been published.

Authors

  • Lutong Li
    Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Manchester, UK.
  • Qiang Fu
    Department of Sociology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6 T 1Z1.
  • Sarah Tyson
    Division of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, School of Health Science, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
  • Nick Preston
    a Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faulty of Medicine and Health , University of Leeds , Leeds , UK .
  • Andrew Weightman
    b School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester , Manchester , UK .