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8.5 CONCLUSIONS
In this chapter, a novel FES-robot system for post-stroke rehabilitation on the
wrist joint was introduced. The FES-robot could continuously interactive to the
voluntary intention of a person after stroke, by detecting the residual EMG signals
from the paretic limb. The FES-robot assisted wrist tracking could immediately
reduce excessive muscle activities in the elbow flexor, and also could improve the
tracking performance measured by the maximal ROM and tracking RMSE. In the
FES-robot assisted wrist training, it was also observed faster recoveries in muscle
co-ordination and release in wrist muscle spasticity compared with those in the
pure robot-assisted trainings (Hu
et al
. 2007; Hu
et al
. 2009). In future studies,
large scale randomized clinical trials will be conducted to provide more solid and
conclusive training effects of the FES-robot system.
8.6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The project was funded by the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region, China (grant no. PolyU 5318/09E).
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