Shoulder-elbow exoskeleton as rehabilitation exerciser

This paper presents a 2 degree of freedom exoskeleton designed for the rehabilitation of the shoulder and elbow movement in the sagittal plane; a semi-portable design strategy was chosen, which enables an easy attachment to a standard medical chair as well as the patient upper limb. A dedicated driv...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2016-08, Vol.147 (1), p.12048
Main Authors: Iano i, A, Dimitrova, A, Noveanu, S, T tar, O M, Mândru, D S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Elbow (anatomy)
Exoskeletons
Graphical user interface
Rehabilitation
Shoulder
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Summary:This paper presents a 2 degree of freedom exoskeleton designed for the rehabilitation of the shoulder and elbow movement in the sagittal plane; a semi-portable design strategy was chosen, which enables an easy attachment to a standard medical chair as well as the patient upper limb. A dedicated driver enables the control from a graphical user interface, which also provides the option of customized rehabilitation exercises. The potential of future improvements is assessed, and recommendations of research direction are made in order to broaden the usability of the proposed device.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/147/1/012048