Review on Upper Limb Continuous Passive Motion Devices

The paper is devoted to a survey on the state of the art of elements and parts for the upper limb rehabilitation. As a matter of fact, the use of technological, and specifically of robotic, devices is entering in the habits of clinical approaches, due to their ability to work efficiently and to be a...

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Main Author: Ragazzo Francesco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
Series:MATEC Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20165301062
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description The paper is devoted to a survey on the state of the art of elements and parts for the upper limb rehabilitation. As a matter of fact, the use of technological, and specifically of robotic, devices is entering in the habits of clinical approaches, due to their ability to work efficiently and to be able to obtain, at least, the same rehabilitation results of manual therapy. At the same time, the therapists can change his/her role in rehabilitation activity from a physical contribution to an intellectual/motivational one.
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spelling doaj.art-098e99440f124a858fad5f1ee599c4412022-12-21T22:07:26ZengEDP SciencesMATEC Web of Conferences2261-236X2016-01-01530106210.1051/matecconf/20165301062matecconf_spbwosce2016_01062Review on Upper Limb Continuous Passive Motion DevicesRagazzo Francesco0Polibrixia, R&D DepartmentThe paper is devoted to a survey on the state of the art of elements and parts for the upper limb rehabilitation. As a matter of fact, the use of technological, and specifically of robotic, devices is entering in the habits of clinical approaches, due to their ability to work efficiently and to be able to obtain, at least, the same rehabilitation results of manual therapy. At the same time, the therapists can change his/her role in rehabilitation activity from a physical contribution to an intellectual/motivational one.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20165301062
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