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Review
. 2017:2017:3908135.
doi: 10.1155/2017/3908135. Epub 2017 Nov 2.

Hand Rehabilitation Robotics on Poststroke Motor Recovery

Zan Yue  1 , Xue Zhang  1 , Jing Wang  1
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Review

Hand Rehabilitation Robotics on Poststroke Motor Recovery

Zan Yue et al. Behav Neurol. 2017.

Abstract

The recovery of hand function is one of the most challenging topics in stroke rehabilitation. Although the robot-assisted therapy has got some good results in the latest decades, the development of hand rehabilitation robotics is left behind. Existing reviews of hand rehabilitation robotics focus either on the mechanical design on designers' view or on the training paradigms on the clinicians' view, while these two parts are interconnected and both important for designers and clinicians. In this review, we explore the current literature surrounding hand rehabilitation robots, to help designers make better choices among varied components and thus promoting the application of hand rehabilitation robots. An overview of hand rehabilitation robotics is provided in this paper firstly, to give a general view of the relationship between subjects, rehabilitation theories, hand rehabilitation robots, and its evaluation. Secondly, the state of the art hand rehabilitation robotics is introduced in detail according to the classification of the hardware system and the training paradigm. As a result, the discussion gives available arguments behind the classification and comprehensive overview of hand rehabilitation robotics.

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Figure 1
An overview of the hand rehabilitation robotics.
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Figure 2
The classification of hand rehabilitation robot.
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Figure 3
Examples of different kinds of robots [, , , , , , , , –78].
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Figure 4
Sources of two kinds of signals.
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Figure 5
ICF levels and subdivision [109].
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Figure 6
The relationship between the human motor system and the hand rehabilitation robot system.
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