A Novel Hybrid Rehabilitation Device for Neuromuscular Control Exercise and Rehabilitation Training

• Published in: Procedia computer science Vol. 76; pp. 368 - 375
• Main Authors: Latip, Hadafi Fitri Mohd, Omar, Abdul Hafidz, Shahrom, Ardiyansyah, Azmi, Fakhrizal, Ridhwan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 2015
• Subjects: neuromuscular control; Rehabilitation device; single leg-stance; vibration; wobble; single leg-stance; wobble; Rehabilitation device; vibration; neuromuscular control
• ISSN: 1877-0509; 1877-0509
• DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2015.12.311

W-vibe neuromuscular control ankle rehabilitation device is designed based on the principle of a single leg stance activity. It aims to enhance the balancing level of the individuals and re-establishing neuromuscular control for ankle injuries. This type of training may also be useful for preventing injuries in people with “healthy” ankles. Single leg stance is very importance in preventing and rehabilitation for healthy, re-injury and injured ankle. For high performance sports, it needs to be carried out at the early stage to avoid injury. Most games needs players with high balancing level for example soccer, rugby, gymnastic, tennis, boxing etc. W-vibe neuromuscular control ankle technology device needs the respondent to maintain balance-that is, to attempt to make all balance correction using the dynamic ankle joint stabilizers only, while repositioning the arms, hips and knees as little as possible. Therefore the goal of this project is to develop a compact, simple structure and efficient rehabilitation device for ankle sprain patient to train both exercise and rehabilitation training for neuromuscular control. This w-vibe neuromuscular control ankle rehabilitation device analysis was using Finite Element analysis (FE) to test the safety and reliability of the device. The result shows that this tool is safe for further application.