A short overview of upper limb rehabilitation devices

Macovei, Sabina; Doroftei, Ioan

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/145/5/052014

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“…To train with the device, a user must place their forearm in a brace on the robot's endeffector. The system is designed to support the leading motion of a patient's hand on a plane (2 DOFs), but it does not necessarily need to be active (the device may also be used in the treatment of totally immobile people) [59]. Even though, none of the user's joints are activated directly.…”

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Analysis of Rehabilitation Systems in Regards to Requirements Towards Remote Home Rehabilitation Devices

Falkowski,

Rzymkowski,

Pilat

2024

JAMRIS

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Contemporary international pandemic proved that a flexible approach towards work, trade and healthcare is not only favourable but a must. Hence, the devices enabling home-rehabilitation became one of the urgent needs of the medical market. The following overview is a part of an R\&D project aimed at designing an exoskeleton and developing methods enabling effective home rehabilitation. It contains a comparison of current devices in terms of their kinematics, applications, weights, sizes, and integration with selected ICT technologies. The data is analysed regarding conclusions from qualitative research, based on in-depth interviews with physiotherapists and questionnaires organised beforehand. The investigation assesses whether commercial and developed devices enable feedback from a patient by all possible means; hence, if they could allow effective telerehabilitation. Moreover, their capabilities of increasing engagement and accelerating improvements by supervising techniques and measuring biomechanical parameters are evaluated. These outcomes are a base to set the constraints and requirements before designing an exoskeleton dedicated to home treatment.

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Section: Inmotionarm By Bionikmentioning

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Analysis of Rehabilitation Systems in Regards to Requirements Towards Remote Home Rehabilitation Devices

Falkowski,

Rzymkowski,

Pilat

2024

JAMRIS

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“…However, current commercial devices are typically either too simple or too complex for self-in-house workouts. The first type of these machines is the one that mechanically supports a small number of DOFs or triggers the motion by the end effector attached to the body in series only [ 35 , 36 ]. With such an approach, a comprehensive treatment of patients with serious diseases may be given, and neither is monitoring their kinematics parameters possible [ 37 , 38 ].…”

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Study on the Applicability of Digital Twins for Home Remote Motor Rehabilitation

Falkowski

Osiak

Wilk

et al. 2023

Sensors

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The COVID-19 pandemic created the need for telerehabilitation development, while Industry 4.0 brought the key technology. As motor therapy often requires the physical support of a patient’s motion, combining robot-aided workouts with remote control is a promising solution. This may be realised with the use of the device’s digital twin, so as to give it an immersive operation. This paper presents an extensive overview of this technology’s applications within the fields of industry and health. It is followed by the in-depth analysis of needs in rehabilitation based on questionnaire research and bibliography review. As a result of these sections, the original concept of controlling a rehabilitation exoskeleton via its digital twin in the virtual reality is presented. The idea is assessed in terms of benefits and significant challenges regarding its application in real life. The presented aspects prove that it may be potentially used for manual remote kinesiotherapy, combined with the safety systems predicting potentially harmful situations. The concept is universally applicable to rehabilitation robots.

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“…Material selection is imperative as ergonomics, cost and efficiency of the device depend on it. Macovei and Doroftei [16] have summarized upper limb rehabilitation devices. The first exoskeletons were made of metal, bulky, and inconvenient to wear for lengthy periods [17][18][19][20].…”

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iGrab: hand orthosis powered by twisted and coiled polymer muscles

Saharan

Andrade

Saleem

et al. 2017

Smart Mater. Struct.

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Several works have been reported in powered hand orthosis in the last ten years for assistive or rehabilitative purposes. However, most of these approaches uses conventional actuators such as servo motors to power orthosis. In this work, we demonstrate the recently reported twisted and coiled polymeric (TCP) muscles to drive a compact, light, inexpensive and wearable upper extremity device, iGrab. A 3D printed orthotic hand module was designed, developed and tested for the performance. The device has six 2-ply muscles of diameter 1.35 mm with a length of 380 mm. We used a single 2-ply muscle for each finger and two 2-ply muscles for the thumb. Pulsed actuation of the muscles at 1.8 A current for 25 s with 7% duty cycle under natural cooling showed full flexion of the fingers within 2 s. Modeling and simulation were performed on the device using standard Euler–Lagrangian equations. Our artificial muscles powered hand orthosis demonstrated the capability of pinching and picking objects of different shapes, weights, and sizes.

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A short overview of upper limb rehabilitation devices

Cited by 7 publications

References 13 publications

Analysis of Rehabilitation Systems in Regards to Requirements Towards Remote Home Rehabilitation Devices

Analysis of Rehabilitation Systems in Regards to Requirements Towards Remote Home Rehabilitation Devices

Study on the Applicability of Digital Twins for Home Remote Motor Rehabilitation

iGrab: hand orthosis powered by twisted and coiled polymer muscles

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