Useless, not in any sense of the word wearable and tested on healthy subjects. By not testing on stroke survivors you can't tell if this has enough power to counteract spasticity.
Development of a whole arm wearable robotic exoskeleton for rehabilitation and to assist upper limb movements
M. H. Rahman
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, M. J. Rahman
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, O. L. Cristobal
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,M. Saad
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, J. P. Kenn´e
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and P. S. Archambault
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Department of Electrical Engineering, ´ Ecole de Technologie Sup´ erieure (ETS), Montr ´ eal, Canada
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School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montr ´ eal, Canada
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Interdisciplinary Research Center in Rehabilitation (CRIR), Montr ´ eal, Canada
(Accepted December 22, 2013)
SUMMARY
To assist physically disabled people with impaired upper limb function, we have developed a new7-DOF exoskeleton-type robot named
Motion Assistive Robotic-Exoskeleton for Superior Extremity
( ETS-MARSE) to ease daily upper limb movements and to provide effective rehabilitation therapy to the superior extremity. The ETS-MARSE comprises a shoulder motion support part, an elbow and forearm motion support part, and a wrist motion support part. It is designed to be worn on the lateral side of the upper limb in order to provide naturalistic movements of the shoulder (vertical and horizontal flexion/extension and internal/external rotation), elbow (flexion/extension), forearm(pronation/supination), and wrist joint (radial/ulnar deviation and flexion/extension). This paper focuses on the modeling, design, development, and control of the ETS-MARSE. Experiments were carried out with healthy male human subjects in whom trajectory tracking in the form of passive rehabilitation exercises (i.e., pre-programmed trajectories recommended by a therapist/clinician)were carried out. Experimental results show that the ETS-MARSE can efficiently perform passive rehabilitation therapy.
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