Design and Control of a 3 DOF Hand Skeleton for Rehabilitation after Stroke

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

M. Dehghani Rorani ¹ , S. Rahmati ²

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Majlesi Branch, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2014-12-06 Accepted : 2015-01-20 Published : 2015-06-01

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