Neurorehabilitation Technology
This revised, updated second edition provides an accessible, practical overview of major areas of technical development and clinical application in the field of neurorehabilitation movement therapy. The initial section provides a rationale for technology
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Neurorehabilitation Technology Second Edition
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Neurorehabilitation Technology
David J. Reinkensmeyer • Volker Dietz Editors
Neurorehabilitation Technology Second Edition
Editors David J. Reinkensmeyer University of California at Irvine Irvine California USA
Volker Dietz Spinal Cord Injury Center University Hospital Balgrist Zürich Switzerland
ISBN 978-3-319-28601-3 ISBN 978-3-319-28603-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-28603-7
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Preface to the Second Edition
When I want to discover something, I begin by reading up everything that has been done along that line in the past – that’s what all these books in the library are for. I see what has been accomplished at great labor and expense in the past. I gather data of many thousands of experiments as a starting point, and then I make thousands more. Attributed to Thomas Edison
The aim of this book is to provide a current overview of the ongoing revolution in neurorehabilitation technology. This revolution began in the late 1980s when several research groups, apparently beginning with a group at MIT, made the observation that robotic technologies could enhance rehabilitation movement training by automating parts of it. Seminal work in neuroplasticity emerging at the same time observed for the first time that the nervous system retains a highly distributed capacity to alter its connectivity in response to repetitive sensory motor input even following severe damage and aging. Partially automating repetitive movement training was thus imagined as a way to increase movement therapy dose, improving recovery without increasing health care costs. Thirty years later, tens and perhaps hundreds of companies worldwide now sell rehabilitation rob
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