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Review
. 2014 Jul 14;4(2):207-13.
eCollection 2014 Apr.

Robotics in shoulder rehabilitation

Chiara Sicuri  1 , Giuseppe Porcellini  1 , Giovanni Merolla  2
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Review

Robotics in shoulder rehabilitation

Chiara Sicuri et al. Muscles Ligaments Tendons J. .

Abstract

In the last few decades, several researches have been conducted in the field of robotic rehabilitation to meet the intensive, repetitive and task-oriented training, with the goal to recover the motor function. Up to now, robotic rehabilitation studies of the upper extremity have generally focused on stroke survivors leaving less explored the field of orthopaedic shoulder rehabilitation. In this review we analyse the present status of robotic technologies, in order to understand which are the current indications and which may be the future perspective for their application in both neurological and orthopaedic shoulder rehabilitation.

Keywords: rehabilitation; robotic; shoulder; upper limb.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Armeo® Power: an exoskeleton based on the ARMin technology (reprint with permission by Hocoma, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich - Switzerland).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Armeo® Spring: an ergonomic arm exoskeleton with integrated springs (reprint with permission by Hocoma, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich -Switzerland).
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Armeo® Boom: a simplified cable-driven manipulator designed for out-patient clinics and home settings (reprint with permission by Hocoma, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich - Switzerland).
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