Pronosupination mechanism adaptable to a rehabilitation device of the upper extremity
Rehabilitation robotics is a tool to support rehabilitation therapist that reduces the patient’s recovery time and improve the exercises repeatability. Arm rehabilitation devices have been developed to perform the exercises in the horizontal plane; however, most devices do not consider arm pronosup...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Industrial de Santander
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Revista UIS Ingenierías |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistauisingenierias/article/view/9306 |
| Summary: | Rehabilitation robotics is a tool to support rehabilitation therapist that reduces the patient’s recovery time and improve the exercises repeatability. Arm rehabilitation devices have been developed to perform the exercises in the horizontal plane; however, most devices do not consider arm pronosupination. This paper presents the design of a pronosupinator that can be mounted to the end effector of some existing devices. The pronosupinator consists of a sling and a cylinder that allows forearm rotation, this rotation can be: manual, the patient may rotate it; or automatic through a motor. The pronosupinator features, in combination with the arm rehabilitation devices, contribute to the improvement of rehabilitation therapies and reduces costs in general for the healthcare sector.
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| ISSN: | 1657-4583 2145-8456 |