Clinical application of virtual reality for upper limb motor rehabilitation in stroke: review of technologies and clinical evidence

WS Kim, S Cho, J Ku, Y Kim, K Lee, HJ Hwang… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Neurorehabilitation for stroke is important for upper limb motor recovery. Conventional
rehabilitation such as occupational therapy has been used, but novel technologies are …

Exoskeleton robots for upper-limb rehabilitation: State of the art and future prospects

HS Lo, SQ **e - Medical engineering & physics, 2012 - Elsevier
Current health services are struggling to provide optimal rehabilitation therapy to victims of
stroke. This has motivated researchers to explore the use of robotic devices to provide …

Affective haptics: Current research and future directions

MA Eid, H Al Osman - IEEE Access, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Touch plays a prominent role in communicating emotions and intensifying interpersonal
communication. Affective haptics is an emerging field, which focuses on the analysis …

Soft pneumatic actuator skin with piezoelectric sensors for vibrotactile feedback

HA Sonar, J Paik - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The latest wearable technologies demand more intuitive and sophisticated interfaces for
communication, sensing, and feedback closer to the body. Evidently, such interfaces require …

Spatially distributed tactile feedback for kinesthetic motion guidance

P Kapur, M Jensen, LJ Buxbaum, SA Jax… - 2010 IEEE Haptics …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Apraxic stroke patients need to perform repetitive arm movements to regain motor
functionality, but they struggle to process the visual feedback provided by typical virtual …

A review of non-invasive haptic feedback stimulation techniques for upper extremity prostheses

MN Nemah, CY Low, OH Aldulaymi… - International …, 2019 - penerbit.uthm.edu.my
A sense of touch is essential for amputees to reintegrate into their social and work life. The
design of the next generation of the prostheses will have the ability to effectively convey the …

Lessons in using vibrotactile feedback to guide fast arm motions

K Bark, P Khanna, R Irwin, P Kapur… - 2011 IEEE World …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present and evaluate an arm-motion guidance system that uses magnetic tracking
sensors and low cost vibrotactile actuators. The system measures the movement of the …

A phantom-sensation based paradigm for continuous vibrotactile wrist guidance in two-dimensional space

JVS Luces, K Okabe, Y Murao… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vibrotactile feedback has long been used to improve the human motor learning process
through information transfer. However, in most of the approaches described in the literature …

Path-following guidance using phantom sensation based vibrotactile cues around the wrist

J Salazar, K Okabe, Y Hirata - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vibrotactile feedback systems for supporting human motion have been widely researched,
mainly owing to the low price and reduced size of vibration motors, which allow trainees to …

Soft haptic device to render the sensation of flying like a drone

C Rognon, M Koehler, C Duriez… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Haptic feedback located on the torso is proposed to enhance the state awareness of a user
in virtual reality or during teleoperation while leaving the hands free for manipulation and …