Hand-held devices for generating force/torque perturbations

• Main Author: Wong, Yoke Cung.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/46482
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There have been many studies dealing with sudden muscle stretch experienced by people who suffer from Parkinson’s diseases. As one of the methods to observe this passive muscle activity on the upper limb, researchers utilize devices that capable of creating passive angular motions of the wrist. Enco...