AsTeRICS: a new flexible solution for people with motor disabilities in upper limbs and its implication for rehabilitation procedures.
Purpose: To present the AsTeRICS construction set, and examine different combinations of sensors installed in the platform and how users interact with them. Method: Nearly 50 participants from Austria, Poland and Spain were included in the study. They had a heterogeneous range of diagnoses, but as a...
| Publicado en: | Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Vol. 8; no. 6; pp. 482 - 496 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2013
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