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Exoskeletons in upper limb rehabilitation: A review to find key challenges to improve functionality

  • Md Rasedul Islam
  • , Brahim Brahmi
  • , Tanvir Ahmed
  • , Md Assad-Uz-Zaman
  • , Mohammad Habibur Rahman

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

29 Scopus citations

Abstract

With the increase of poststroke patients, the occurrence of upper limb dysfunction (ULD) is increasing significantly day by day. Unfortunately, the number of health professionals available to rehabilitate these patients is inadequate. Robot-aided therapeutic intervention has the potential to help patients with ULD get their lost mobility back via intensive and repetitive task-oriented rehabilitation. Over the past few years, numerous exoskeletons have been developed by many research groups. Despite much progress being made in hardware design as well as in control design, upper limb exoskeletons need more advancement to improve functionality and to increase their use in clinical settings. In this chapter, we review existing upper limb exoskeletons to find key problems that need to be solved for improved functionality.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationControl Theory in Biomedical Engineering
Subtitle of host publicationApplications in Physiology and Medical Robotics
PublisherElsevier
Pages235-265
Number of pages31
ISBN (Electronic)9780128213506
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2020
Externally publishedYes

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UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Control
  • Design
  • Exoskeleton
  • Rehabilitation
  • Stroke
  • Upper limb

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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