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for them to gain better muscle control. Using this new hand rehabilitation robot it
demonstrated the feasibility for stroke subjects to train their hand functions with
their own intention.
6.6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors would like to thank for the financial support from the Innovative
and Technology Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
(grant no. GHP/003/07).
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