Development of an upper limb rehabilitation robot with guidance control by pneumatic artificial muscles

Tsuji, Toshiaki; Itoh, Shota; Sakaino, Sho; Hasegawa, Yasuhiro

doi:10.1109/icmech.2015.7084014

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“…Repetitive movement exercise is considered an effective kind of rehabilitation for patients with post-stroke impairments [5][6][7][8][9][10]. The aim of disabled patients' rehabilitation is to empower them for independent living and to assist them to be as productive as possible.…”

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Wrist rehabilitation exoskeleton robot based on pneumatic soft actuators

Al-Fahaam

Davis

Nefti‐Meziani

2016

2016 International Conference for Students on Applied Engineering (ISCAE)

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The aim of this paper is to describe the design of a soft, wearable splint for wrist joint rehabilitation, based on pneumatic soft actuators. The extensor bending and the contraction types of pneumatic soft actuators have been adopted in this study. These actuators are shown to be appropriate by examining their characteristics. The main contributions of this study are developing a safe, lightweight, soft and small actuator for direct human interaction, designing a novel single portable wearable soft robot capable of performing all wrist rehabilitation movements, and using low-cost materials to create the device. Three modes of rehabilitation exercises in the exoskeleton are involved: Flexion/Extension, Radial/Ulnar deviation, and circular movements.

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