Development of a Meal Support Device for Functional Recovery Using EMG Signals

This paper describes a device to support a patient's motion of their upper limbs. The device has three functions in a single system: power assistance, rehabilitation, and meal support. The former two functions have been described in a previous study. In this paper, designs and evaluations of th...

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Published inIEEE access Vol. 8; pp. 79586 - 79593
Main Authors Saga, Norihiko, Umeki, Reina, Saito, Naoki, Nagase, Jun-Ya, Satoh, Toshiyuki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Piscataway IEEE 2020
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Couplings
Elbow
Electromyography
Experimentation
Force
Muscle strength
Muscles
Pneumatic actuators
Rehabilitation
rehabilitation robotics
Senior citizens
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Summary:This paper describes a device to support a patient's motion of their upper limbs. The device has three functions in a single system: power assistance, rehabilitation, and meal support. The former two functions have been described in a previous study. In this paper, designs and evaluations of the meal supporting function considering maintaining residual muscular strength are presented. The mechanical design is based on human body statistical data. The controller consists of an electromyogram signal-based interface used for maintaining muscular strength. We evaluate the effectiveness of the meal supporting mode through some experimentation.
ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2990654