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Mechanical design of an affordable adaptive gravity balanced orthosis for upper limb stroke rehabilitation

Mechanical design of an affordable adaptive gravity balanced orthosis for upper limb stroke rehabilitation
Mechanical design of an affordable adaptive gravity balanced orthosis for upper limb stroke rehabilitation
In this paper a novel design of non-powered orthosis for stroke rehabilitation is reported. Designed for home based use, it is the first low-cost, passive design to incorporate an assistive level that can be adaptively varied within a closed-loop control scheme. This allows the device to be integrated with a dual robotic and electrical stimulation control scheme, to thereby enable full exploitation of the motor relearning principles which underpin both robotic therapy and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) based stroke rehabilitation. This embeds the potential for more effective treatment. The paper focuses on the mechanical design of the non-powered orthosis, providing detailed design and dynamics analysis and evaluation.
Cannella, G.
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Laila, D.S.
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Freeman, C. T.
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Cannella, G.
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Laila, D.S.
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Freeman, C. T.
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Cannella, G., Laila, D.S. and Freeman, C. T. (2015) Mechanical design of an affordable adaptive gravity balanced orthosis for upper limb stroke rehabilitation. Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, An International Journal. (doi:10.1080/15397734.2015.1054513).

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In this paper a novel design of non-powered orthosis for stroke rehabilitation is reported. Designed for home based use, it is the first low-cost, passive design to incorporate an assistive level that can be adaptively varied within a closed-loop control scheme. This allows the device to be integrated with a dual robotic and electrical stimulation control scheme, to thereby enable full exploitation of the motor relearning principles which underpin both robotic therapy and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) based stroke rehabilitation. This embeds the potential for more effective treatment. The paper focuses on the mechanical design of the non-powered orthosis, providing detailed design and dynamics analysis and evaluation.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 May 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 June 2015
Organisations: Mechatronics, EEE

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Local EPrints ID: 376692
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/376692
PURE UUID: 21152003-4125-4b92-8031-1f1aee9ed779
ORCID for C. T. Freeman: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0305-9246

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Date deposited: 30 Apr 2015 16:00
Last modified: 11 Dec 2024 02:39

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Author: G. Cannella
Author: D.S. Laila
Author: C. T. Freeman ORCID iD

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