Design of arm exercises for rehabilitation assistance

Chaparro-Rico, Betsy D. M.; Cafolla, Daniele; Castillo-Castañeda, Eduardo; Ceccarelli, Marco

doi:10.36909/jer.v8i3.6523

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“…Studies regarding the development of upper limb exoskeletons were also published in [9][10][11][12], some of them being based on the study of the dynamic behavior of the exoskeletons and the possibility to control the robotic solutions to maximize the efficiency of the rehabilitation.…”

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A Parallel Robot with Torque Monitoring for Brachial Monoparesis Rehabilitation Tasks

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Robots for rehabilitation tasks require a high degree of safety for the interaction with both the patients and for the operators. In particular, high safety is a stable and intuitive control of the moving elements of the system combined with an external system of sensors able to monitor the position of every aspect of the rehabilitation system (operator, robot, and patient) and overcome in a certain measure all the events that may occur during the robotic rehabilitation procedure. This paper presents the development of an internal torque monitoring system for ASPIRE. This is a parallel robot designed for shoulder rehabilitation, which enables the use of strategies towards developing a HRI (human–robot interaction) system for the therapy. A complete analysis regarding the components of the robotic system is carried out with the purpose of determining the dynamic behavior of the system. Next, the proposed torque monitoring system is developed with respect to the previously obtained data. Several experimental tests are performed using healthy subjects being equipped with a series of biomedical sensors with the purpose of validating the proposed torque monitoring strategy and, at the same time, to satisfy the degree of safety that is requested by the medical procedure.

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A Parallel Robot with Torque Monitoring for Brachial Monoparesis Rehabilitation Tasks

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“…The sensor uses color camera, infrared (IR) emitter and IR sensor to create a three-dimensional (3D) image containing a cloud with a location and surface of more than 200,000 points representing the object as coordinates x, y and z. Kinect can be used to promote a healthy life by tracking patterns of activity, by collecting health data, or by detecting early warning sings in elderly or poor health people [12]. In addition, Kinect applications are used for disease control and monitoring as well as to determine patient attitude and motion [10,11,[13][14][15], and to design rehabilitation exercises and therapy devices [16][17][18][19].…”

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Test-Retest, Inter-Rater and Intra-Rater Reliability for Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters Using SANE (an eaSy gAit aNalysis systEm) as Measuring Instrument

Chaparro-Rico

Cafolla

2020

Applied Sciences

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Studies have demonstrated the validity of Kinect-based systems to measure spatiotemporal parameters of gait. However, few studies have addressed test-retest, inter-rater and intra-rater reliability for spatiotemporal gait parameters. This study aims to assess test-retest, inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of SANE (eaSy gAit aNalysis system) as a measuring instrument for spatiotemporal gait parameters. SANE comprises a depth sensor and a software that automatically estimates spatiotemporal gait parameters using distances between ankles without the need to manually indicate where each gait cycle begins and ends. Gait analysis was conducted by 2 evaluators for 12 healthy subjects during 4 sessions. The reliability was evaluated using Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC). In addition, the Standard Error of the Measurement (SEM), and Smallest Detectable Change (SDC) was calculated. SANE showed from an acceptable to an excellent test-retest, inter-rater and intra-rater reliability; test-retest reliability ranged from 0.62 to 0.81, inter-rater reliability ranged from 0.70 to 0.95 and intra-rater ranged from 0.74 to 0.92. The subject behavior had a greater effect on the reliability of SANE than the evaluator performance. The reliability values of SANE were comparable with other similar studies. SANE, as a feasible and markerless system, has large potential for assessing spatiotemporal gait parameters.

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“…Table 6 shows the estimated mean square errors and their averages, the standard deviation, and the repeatability results for X , Y, and Z , as in similar characterizations in [ 40 , 41 ]. The measured home position repeatability is 6.53% (normalized on prototype height), in line with the manufacturing and assembly tolerances of the components of the prototype, and can be markedly improved by using a high precision manufacturing process.…”

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An Autotuning Cable-Driven Device for Home Rehabilitation

Rodríguez-León

Chaparro-Rico

Russo

et al. 2021

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

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Out of all the changes to our daily life brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most significant ones has been the limited access to health services that we used to take for granted. Thus, in order to prevent temporary injuries from having lingering or permanent effects, the need for home rehabilitation device is urgent. For this reason, this paper proposes a cable-driven device for limb rehabilitation, CUBE2, with a novel end-effector (EE) design and autotuning capabilities to enable autonomous use. The proposed design is presented as an evolution of the previous CUBE design. In this paper, the proposed device is modelled and analyzed with finite element analysis. Then, a novel vision-based control strategy is described. Furthermore, a prototype has been manufactured and validated experimentally. Preliminary test to estimate home position repeatability has been carried out.

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Design of arm exercises for rehabilitation assistance

Cited by 21 publications

References 12 publications

A Parallel Robot with Torque Monitoring for Brachial Monoparesis Rehabilitation Tasks

A Parallel Robot with Torque Monitoring for Brachial Monoparesis Rehabilitation Tasks

Test-Retest, Inter-Rater and Intra-Rater Reliability for Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters Using SANE (an eaSy gAit aNalysis systEm) as Measuring Instrument

An Autotuning Cable-Driven Device for Home Rehabilitation

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