Development and validation of a soft robotic exosuit for assistance of the upper limbs

• Main Author: Xiloyannis, Michele
• Other Authors: Chen Shen-Hsing Annabel
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88973; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48617
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Robots have been used in physical rehabilitation to increase the intensity of practice and relieve therapists from the demanding task of manually assisting the patient. Robot-assisted therapy has shown encouraging results, comparable to the ones achieved with traditional therapy, while allowing grea...