Redesign of a Balance Rehabilitation Device Based on a Parallel Continuum Mechanism

In the present work, a parallel continuum manipulator for trunk rehabilitation tasks for patients who have suffered a stroke was analyzed and redesigned. The manipulator had to perform active assistance exercises for the motor recovery of the patient. Based on this background, a series of requiremen...

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Autores: Campa Gómez, Francisco Javier, Díaz-Caneja Iglesias, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/70399
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/70399
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:rehabilitation
balance
compliant mechanisms
mechatronics
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Sumario:In the present work, a parallel continuum manipulator for trunk rehabilitation tasks for patients who have suffered a stroke was analyzed and redesigned. The manipulator had to perform active assistance exercises for the motor recovery of the patient. Based on this background, a series of requirements were defined, which determined the design framework during the modeling of the manipulator. Finally, an improved prototype was built and tested to verify that the model can properly characterize the behavior of the manipulator. Such tests were carried out using a self-made dummy that replicates the simplifying hypotheses and conditions assumed in the mathematical model.