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| R. Caracciolo, P. Gallina, G. Rosati, and A. Rossi | |
| Some applications of robotic mechanisms and haptic interfaces in rehabilitation | |
| In Proceedings of ISCSB 2001, pages 203–211, Milan, Italy, July 2001 | |
| | Abstract: In the past, many researchers focus their attention on determining theoretical human body organ biomechanical
behavior. But still nowadays there exists relatively few applications that make use of such a know-how. One of
the most successful consists in the use of haptic interfaces for rehabilitation. A haptic interface is an active
robot that can provide the patient with force feedback stimulus that can immerge the patient in a virtual
therapeutic world. In fact, with such a tool, the patient can performance different tasks with increased
difficulties, and the recorded treatment’s data can be also used to carry a diagnosis out. Moreover, there are
other examples where haptic-based tools are employed to assist people with permanent handicaps, like blind
people or Parkinson patients are. | |
| | | Topic: Medicals | |
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