Elasticity improves handgrip performance and user experience during visuomotor control

Passive rehabilitation devices, providing motivation and feedback, potentially offer an automated and low-cost therapy method, and can be used as simple human–machine interfaces. Here, we ask whether there is any advantage for a hand-training device to be elastic, as opposed to rigid, in terms of pe...

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Main Authors: Michael Mace, Paul Rinne, Jean-Luc Liardon, Catherine Uhomoibhi, Paul Bentley, Etienne Burdet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2017-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.160961