Development of robotic arm rehabilitation machine with biofeedback that addresses the question on Filipino elderly patient motivation

• Main Authors: Ang, Matthew Alexander S., Limkaichong, Luke S., Perez, Winston C., Sayson, Christine Lyka R., Tampo, Maria Nikka T., Bugtai, Nilo, Estanislao-Clark, Eppie
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2010
• Subjects: Robot hands; Cerebrovascular disease—Patients—Rehabilitation; Patient monitoring; Manufacturing; Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering; Robotics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/508; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/1507/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

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