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1 An Introduction to Biomechatronics |
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1.1 What is Biomechatronics? |
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1.2 Why Study Biomechatronics? |
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1.2.1 An Overview of the Neuromusculoskeletal System |
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1.2.2 The Role of Biomechatronics |
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1.2.3 What would be a Biomechatronic System Look Like? |
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2 A Wearable Exoskeletal Rehabilitation Robot for Interactive Therapy |
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2.2 What is Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation? |
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2.3 Review of Rehabilitation Robots for the Upper-Extremity |
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2.4 Robotic Upper-extremity Repetitive Trainer--RUPERT |
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2.5 Robot Controller and Therapy Modes |
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2.5.1 RUPERT Controller Overview |
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2.5.2 Robot Therapy Modes |
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2.6 A Virtual Reality-Based Biofeedback Interface |
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2.7.1 Preliminary Results |
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3 Development of Gait-Assisted Robot WPAL (Wearable Power-Assist Locomotor) for Paraplegia |
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3.2 Overview of Gait Reconstruction of Sci With Orthoses |
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3.3 Introduction of Walking Ability and Prediction of Walking Ability of Primewalk |
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3.4 Limitation of Orthosis and Future of Robotics |
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3.4.1 Basic Information of WPAL |
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3.5 Advantages to Introduce Robotics to Sci Gait Reconstruction |
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4 Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation of Hand Function After Stroke with the HapticKnob and the HandCARE |
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4.2 Hand function after stroke |
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4.3 Robot-assisted Rehabilitation of Hand Function |
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4.3.3 Rehabilitation Exercises and Strategies |
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4.4 Promises of robot-assisted therapy of hand function |
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4.4.1 Improvement in Motor Function |
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4.4.2 Improved Force Control |
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4.4.3 Evolution in Muscle Activity Patterns |
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4.4.4 Improvement in Outcome Measures |
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5 A Novel Continuous Intention-Driven Rehabilitation Robot and Its Training Effectiveness |
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5.2 Rehabilitation Robotic System with Continuous Intention Driven Control |
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5.2.2 Robot as an Evaluation System |
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5.3 Evaluation on Training Effectiveness |
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6 Hand Rehabilitation Robot using Electromyography |
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6.1 Introduction to Rehabilitation Robots |
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6.1.1 Rehabilitation for Hand Functions |
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6.2 Design of the Hand Rehabilitation Robot |
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6.2.1 Task Training Wearable Hand System |
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6.2.2 Hand Function Training and Evaluation System |
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6.3.1 Calibration of Range of Motion |
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6.3.2 EMG Electrode Placement |
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6.3.3 Maximum Voluntary Contraction |
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6.3.4 Control Strategies using Interactive EMG Signals |
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6.3.5 Hardware and Software Interfaces |
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6.4 Pilot Clinical Evaluation of Hand Functions of ELDERLY and Stroke Subjects |
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6.4.1 EMG Signal Analysis |
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6.4.2 Maximum Voluntary Force Analysis |
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6.4.3 Range of motion analysis |
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7 Functional Electrical Stimulation Leg Exercise: From Technology to Therapy |
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7.2 Exercise for People with Neurological Disabilities |
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7.2.1 Spinal Cord Injury and Exercise |
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7.3 Electrical Stimulation of Muscles |
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7.3.1 Stimulation Waveforms |
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7.3.3 Intermittent Stimulation |
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7.3.4 Electrode Types and Placements |
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7.3.5 FES Muscle Fatigue and Muscle Fibre Recruitment |
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7.4.1 Benefits of FES-evoked Exercise |
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7.4.2 Performance Control |
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7.5 Technical Development of Fes Exercise Machines |
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7.5.2 Motorized FES Cycle Ergometers |
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7.5.3 Isokinetic FES Cycling Exercise |
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7.5.4 Isokinetic Cadence Control |
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7.5.5 Isokinetic FES Leg Stepping Exercise |
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8 Combined Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and Robotic System Driven by User Intention for Post-Stroke Wrist Rehabilitation |
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8.2 The Combined Fes-Robot System |
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8.3 System Performance Evaluation |
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8.4 Fes-Robot Assisted Wrist Training |
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9 Development of Robots for Active Rehabilitation of the upper Limbs on the Transverse Plan for Stroke Patients |
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9.2 Our Planar Rehab Robot for Upper Limbs |
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9.3 Evaluation of Benefits for Rehabilitation with Robots |
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10 Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Systems and Augmented Feedback |
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10.3 Rehabilitation Therapy |
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10.4.1 Passive and Active Movement |
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10.4.2 Gravity Compensation |
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11 Isokinetic Exercise Machine Using High Performance MR Fluid Brake and Iso-Contraction Exercise |
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11.2 Conventional Isokinetic Exercise & Proposed Iso-contraction Exercise |
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11.2.1 Conventional Isokinetic Exercise |
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11.2.3 Proposal of Iso-contraction Exercise |
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11.3.2 Muscle Strength Evaluation and Training using MR Fluid Brake |
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11.4.2 Experimental Method |
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11.4.3 Experimental Results |
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11.5 Iso-Contraction Exercise |
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11.5.2 Experimental Method |
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11.5.3 Experimental Results |
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12 Robotic-Assisted Technology for Medical Training Purposes |
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12.1 Motor Control and Learning |
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12.2 Recent Advances in Medical Training |
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12.3 Assessment of Clinical Competence as an Approach to Provide Quantitative Information |
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12.3.1 Case of Study: Suture Training System |
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12.4 Reproduction of Task Conditions as an Approach to Provide Multimodal Feedback |
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12.4.1 Case of Study: Airway Training System |
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13 Wireless Active Capsule Endoscope: State-of-the-Art and Challenges |
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13.2 Major Work in Wireless Capsule Endoscope |
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13.2.1 Products of Given Imaging |
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13.2.2 Olympus Capsule Endoscope |
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13.2.4 Technical limitations |
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13.3 Wireless Active Capsule Endoscope |
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13.3.1 Electrical stimulation |
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13.3.2 Mechatronic locomotion mechanisms |
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13.3.3 Magnetic actuation methods |
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13.4 Conclusion and Future Prospect |
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Color Inserts |
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Index |
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