Human Movement Training With a Cable Driven ARm EXoskeleton (CAREX)

• Published in: IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 84 - 92
• Main Authors: Mao, Ying, Jin, Xin, Gera Dutta, Geetanjali, Scholz, John P., Agrawal, Sunil K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.01.2015; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Arm - physiology; Artificial Limbs; Assistive devices; cable-driven robots; Cables; Carex; Computer Systems; Exoskeletons; Feasibility; Force; Human; Human subjects; Humans; Joints; Joints - anatomy & histology; Joints - physiology; Learning - physiology; medical robotics; Movement - physiology; Optimization; parallel robots; Patients; Prosthesis Design; Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation - methods; rehabilitation robotics; Robotics; Shoulder; Stroke Rehabilitation; Strokes; Training; Trajectories; Trajectory

In recent years, the authors have proposed lightweight exoskeleton designs for upper arm rehabilitation using multi-stage cable-driven parallel mechanism. Previously, the authors have demonstrated via experiments that it is possible to apply "assist-as-needed" forces in all directions at t...