Design of a 2DOF parallel mechanism to assist therapies for knee rehabilitation
This paper presents a knee rehabilitation device to reproduce four exercises generally used in the rehabilitation therapies. The device consists of a mechanical structure based on a 2 DOF parallel mechanism, a controller with PIC-SERVO motion control boards, and a GUI that commands the device to rep...
- Autores:
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Chaparro Rico, Betsy Dayana Marcela
Castillo Castañeda, Eduardo
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2016
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/67635
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/67635
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/68664/
- Palabra clave:
- 62 Ingeniería y operaciones afines / Engineering
Knee rehabilitation
parallel mechanism
rehabilitation device.
Rehabilitación de la rodilla
mecanismos paralelos
dispositivo de rehabilitación.
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | This paper presents a knee rehabilitation device to reproduce four exercises generally used in the rehabilitation therapies. The device consists of a mechanical structure based on a 2 DOF parallel mechanism, a controller with PIC-SERVO motion control boards, and a GUI that commands the device to reproduce the rehabilitation exercises. The position kinematic analysis of the mechanism is developed as well as its dimensioning synthesis to cover various leg sizes. This work proposes a technological alternative with significant advantages that responds to the global need for improving physical knee rehabilitation process. A prototype was manufactured and its mobility was validated using a mannequin. |
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