Focussing on the key technologies in developing robots for a wide range of medical
rehabilitation activities - which will include robotics basics modelling and control
biomechanics modelling rehabilitation strategies robot assistance clinical setup
implementation as well as neural and muscular interfaces for rehabilitation robot control -
this book is split into two parts a review of the current state of the art and recent
advances in robotics for medical rehabilitation. Both parts will include five sections for the
five key areas in rehabilitation robotics: (i) the upper limb (ii) lower limb for gait
rehabilitation (iii) hand finger and wrist (iv) ankle for strains and sprains and (v) the
use of EEG and EMG to create interfaces between the neurological and muscular functions of the
patients and the rehabilitation robots.Each chapter provides a description of the design of the
device the control system used and the implementation and testing to show how it fulfils the
needs of that specific area of rehabilitation. The book will detail new devices some of which
have never been published before in any journal or conference.
