Development of Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robot Device for Home Setting

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• 作者：Shahrol Mohamaddan^a ; ^{mshahrol@feng.unimas.my" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Annisa Jamali^a ; Ana Sakura Zainal Abidin^a ; Mohd Syahmi Jamaludin^a ; Noor Aliah Abd Majid^a ; Muhamad Fadzli Ashari^a ; Helmy Hazmi^b
• 关键词：Stroke ; Rehabilitation ; Upper Limb Impairment ; Robot Device ; Arduino
• 刊名：Procedia Computer Science
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：76
• 期：Complete
• 页码：376-380
• 全文大小：660 K

文摘

Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability in the world. The stroke patients need professional support for the rehabilitation activity. However, the number of therapist is considered inadequate to support an increasing numbers of stroke patients especially in the rural areas. Therefore, robot based device for rehabilitation is considered one of the solutions for the increasing numbers of stroke patients and to support the therapist. This research presents the development of upper limb rehabilitation device robot. The device is considered portable for home setting and allowed movement on vertical elbow flexion and shoulder/elbow horizontal flexion and extension. The device consists of scissors lift and armrest mechanism that allowed the patients to perform upper limb rehabilitation at X-X, X-Z, Y-Y and Y-Z axis direction. Two linear actuators, motor drivers and Arduino UNO board were used to drive the device.