Development of a robotic device for post-stroke home tele-rehabilitation

This work deals with the complex mechanical design task of converting a large pneumatic rehabilitation robot into an electric and compact system for in-home post-stroke therapies without losing performance. It presents the new HomeRehab robot that supports rehabilitation therapies in three dimension...

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Published inAdvances in mechanical engineering Vol. 10; no. 1
Main Authors Díaz, Iñaki, Catalan, José María, Badesa, Francisco Javier, Justo, Xabier, Lledo, Luis Daniel, Ugartemendia, Axier, Gil, Jorge Juan, Díez, Jorge, García-Aracil, Nicolás
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2018
Sage Publications Ltd
SAGE Publishing
Subjects
Authorship
Control algorithms
Neurological disorders
Patients
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation robots
Robotics
Robots
Sensors
Stroke
Studies
Usability
neuro-rehabilitation
physiological models
Robotics
mechanical design
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Summary:This work deals with the complex mechanical design task of converting a large pneumatic rehabilitation robot into an electric and compact system for in-home post-stroke therapies without losing performance. It presents the new HomeRehab robot that supports rehabilitation therapies in three dimensions with an adaptive controller that optimizes patient recovery. A preliminary usability test is also conducted to show that its performance resembles that found in RoboTherapist 2D commercial system designed for hospitals. The mechanical design of a novel and smart two-dimensional force sensor at the end-effector is also described.
ISSN:1687-8132
1687-8140
DOI:10.1177/1687814017752302