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Development of a New Robotic Ankle Rehabilitation Platform for Hemiplegic Patients after Stroke
Joint Authors
Li, Wei-guang
Duan, Lihong
Wu, Zhengzhi
Sun, Tongyang
Liu, Quanquan
Wang, Chunbao
Wang, Yulong
Long, Jian Jun
Zhang, Xin
Zhang, Bo
Shang, Wanfeng
Lin, Zhuohua
Xia, Jinfeng
Wei, Jianjun
Shen, Yajing
Source
Journal of Healthcare Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-03-15
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A large amount of hemiplegic survivors are suffering from motor impairment.
Ankle rehabilitation exercises act an important role in recovering patients’ walking ability after stroke.
Currently, patients mainly perform ankle exercise to reobtain range of motion (ROM) and strength of the ankle joint under a therapist’s assistance by manual operation.
However, therapists suffer from high work intensity, and most of the existed rehabilitation devices focus on ankle functional training and ignore the importance of neurological rehabilitation in the early hemiplegic stage.
In this paper, a new robotic ankle rehabilitation platform (RARP) is proposed to assist patients in executing ankle exercise.
The robotic platform consists of two three-DOF symmetric layer-stacking mechanisms, which can execute ankle internal/external rotation, dorsiflexion/plantarflexion, and inversion/eversion exercise while the rotation center of the distal zone of the robotic platform always coincides with patients’ ankle pivot center.
Three exercise modes including constant-speed exercise, constant torque-impedance exercise, and awareness exercise are developed to execute ankle training corresponding to different rehabilitation stages.
Experiments corresponding to these three ankle exercise modes are performed, the result demonstrated that the RARP is capable of executing ankle rehabilitation, and the novel awareness exercise mode motivates patients to proactively participate in ankle training.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Liu, Quanquan& Wang, Chunbao& Long, Jian Jun& Sun, Tongyang& Duan, Lihong& Zhang, Xin…[et al.]. 2018. Development of a New Robotic Ankle Rehabilitation Platform for Hemiplegic Patients after Stroke. Journal of Healthcare Engineering،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1187199
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Liu, Quanquan…[et al.]. Development of a New Robotic Ankle Rehabilitation Platform for Hemiplegic Patients after Stroke. Journal of Healthcare Engineering No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1187199
American Medical Association (AMA)
Liu, Quanquan& Wang, Chunbao& Long, Jian Jun& Sun, Tongyang& Duan, Lihong& Zhang, Xin…[et al.]. Development of a New Robotic Ankle Rehabilitation Platform for Hemiplegic Patients after Stroke. Journal of Healthcare Engineering. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1187199
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1187199