Use of Exoskeletons in the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Paraplegia Patients
| Autor: | Ricardo Hernández-Miramontes, Susana Martiñón |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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030506 rehabilitation
medicine.medical_specialty Rehabilitation business.industry medicine.medical_treatment InformationSystems_INFORMATIONSTORAGEANDRETRIEVAL medicine.disease Exoskeleton 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Data_FILES Medicine 0305 other medical science business Paraplegia GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g. dictionaries encyclopedias glossaries) 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.94920 |
| Popis: | This chapter presents a review that includes five robotic exoskeletons used in the rehabilitation of paraplegic patients, highlighting the qualities of each one and offering the doctor and the rehabilitator a tool to select the exoskeleton that is most appropriate to the needs of their patient and a more satisfying and integral therapy. A systematic search was carried out in different platforms of scientific interest, the publications that met the inclusion criteria were selected. The information collected was classified and synthesized, resulting in a review that covers the five most relevant exoskeletons for the rehabilitation of paraplegic patients. Concluding with a tool that helps the therapist select the most appropriate exoskeleton for each patient. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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