Establishing normative hand transport tangential velocity of a reach-to-grasp task : towards an objective assessment for UE stroke rehabilitation

• Main Author: Leo, Kee Hao
• Other Authors: Ang Wei Tech
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering; DRNTU::Science::Mathematics::Statistics; DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Biomedical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/59833
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

An objective assessment system for stroke upper extremity (UE) rehabilitation is long overdue. With advancements in human motion capture technology and UE biomechanical modelling, kinematic analysis of UE functional tasks is fast becoming a viable option that supplements current clinical assessment...