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Mohsin Iqbal, Saravanan Karuppanan, Veeradasan Perumal, Mark Ovinis and Adnan Rasul
Exposure to load and offshore environment degrades the load-bearing capacity of tubular joints, necessitating reinforcement of these joints. Reinforcement is sometimes required for lifespan enhancement or qualification based on new requirements. Availabl...
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Daniela Tarnita, Ionut Daniel Geonea, Doina Pisla, Giuseppe Carbone, Bogdan Gherman, Nicoleta Tohanean, Paul Tucan, Cristian Abrudan and Danut Nicolae Tarnita
This paper presents a dynamic analysis of the ParReEx multibody mechanism, which has been designed for human wrist joint rehabilitation. The starting point of the research is a virtual prototype of the ParReEx multibody mechanism. This model is used to s...
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Zengyu Jia, Ruiqin Li, Yuan Wang, Juan Liu and Hailong Liang
Lower limb movement disorders caused by various reasons are an important public health problem currently facing the world. To solve this problem, a novel spatial 8R mechanism with a stable structure and motion performance for human hip joint rehabilitati...
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Songyuan Zhang, Qiang Fu, Shuxiang Guo and Yili Fu
This paper proposes a new robotic rehabilitation training platform that is motivated by the requirement for adjusting the training strategy and intensity in a patient-specific manner. The platform is implemented for tele-rehabilitation and is comprised o...
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Balraj Muthusamy, Ching-Kong Chao, Ching-Chi Hsu and Meng-Hua Lin
The incidence of humerus greater tuberosity (GT) fractures is about 20% in patients with proximal humerus fractures. This study aimed to investigate the biomechanical performances of the humerus GT fracture stabilized by a locking plate with rotator cuff...
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Zaixiang Pang, Tongyu Wang, Zhanli Wang, Junzhi Yu, Zhongbo Sun and Shuai Liu
Nowadays, patients with mild and moderate upper limb paralysis caused by cerebral apoplexy are uncomfortable with autonomous rehabilitation. In this paper, according to the ?rope + toothed belt? generalized rope drive design scheme, we design a utility m...
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E. Anyuli Alvarez Salcido, Daniel Centeno-Barreda, Yukio Rosales, Ricardo Lopéz-Gutiérrez, Sergio Salazar and Rogelio Lozano
This paper presents the development of a robust control algorithm to be applied in a knee and ankle joint exoskeleton designed for rehabilitation of flexion/extension movements. The goal of the control law is to follow the trajectory of a straight leg ex...
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Sin-Zeon Park, Seong-Hoon Jeong, Hyerin Lee and Kee-Jeung Hong
Glass-fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) decks have been widely used in the rehabilitation and construction of bridges as a replacement for conventional deck materials, such as steel, concrete, and wood. In this study, an analysis method for checking the lo...
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Van-Thuc Tran, Kota Sasaki and Shin-ichiroh Yamamoto
In recent years, the Body Weight Support system has been considered to be an indispensable component in gait training systems, which be used to improve the ability to walk of hemiplegic, stroke, and spinal cord injury patients. Previous studies investiga...
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Alessandro Nota, Alexander N. Ryakhovsky, Floriana Bosco and Simona Tecco
In the rehabilitation of a patient with loss of vertical dimension, repositioning of the condyle may be crucial to avoid loading on the retrodiscal area of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). However, establishing a new position of the condyle within the ...
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Barbara J. Hoogenboom, Christopher J. May, Gordon J. Alderink, Brian S. Thompson and Lukas A. Gilmore
The squat, a fundamental functional movement, is prone to biomechanical inefficiencies. Several screening batteries utilize the Overhead Deep Squat (OHDS) to assess individuals for stability and mobility deficits. The purpose of this study was to create ...
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Jong In Han, Ho Seon Choi and Yoon Su Baek
Lower extremity assistive devices (LEADs) have been developed in various fields, such as rehabilitation, military, and industry, in the form of exoskeleton robots or treadmills, and most of them are aimed at supporting muscle strength. However, unlike th...
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Carlos Burgos-Jara, Hugo Cerda-Kohler, Esteban Aedo-Muñoz and Bianca Miarka
Eccentric resistance training that focuses on the lengthening phase of muscle actions has gained attention for its potential to enhance muscle strength, power, and performance (among others). This review presents a methodological proposal for classifying...
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Fareed F. Alfaya, Ravi Shankar Reddy, Mastour Saeed Alshahrani, Batool Abdulelah Alkhamis, Ajay Prashad Gautam, Debjani Mukherjee, Raee S. Alqhtani, Hussain Saleh H. Ghulam, Saeed Al Adal, Mohammed A. M. Jarrar and Muhammed Sufyan
Sub-acromial Impingement Syndrome (SIS) is a prevalent shoulder pathology characterized by pain, muscle weakness, and altered joint position sense (JPS). This prospective study aimed to comprehensively assess the relationship between shoulder muscle stre...
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Chae-Won Kwon, Seong-Ho Yun, Dong-Kyun Koo and Jung-Won Kwon
Purpose: Gait termination (GT) is the transition from steady-state walking to a complete stop, occurring under planned gait termination (PGT) or unplanned gait termination (UGT) conditions. This study aimed to investigate the biomechanical differences be...
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Hadeel Alsirhani, Graham Arnold and Weijie Wang
Background: While cross-legged-sitting (CLS) posture is widely practised in some communities, its biomechanical effect on the lower limbs is not clear. This study aimed to investigate whether CLS would affect biomechanical parameters in lower limbs durin...
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Rytis Maskeliunas, Robertas Dama?evicius, Vidas Raudonis, Au?ra Adomaviciene, Juozas Raistenskis and Julius Gri?kevicius
One of the most difficult components of stroke therapy is regaining hand mobility. This research describes a preliminary approach to robot-assisted hand motion therapy. Our objectives were twofold: First, we used machine learning approaches to determine ...
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Nidal Farhat, Pau Zamora, David Reichert, Vicente Mata, Alvaro Page and Angel Valera
We present and validate a computationally efficient lower limb musculoskeletal model for the control of a rehabilitation robot. It is a parametric model that allows the customization of joint kinematics, and it is able to operate in real time. Methods: S...
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Jiaming Chua, Lee-Yeng Ong and Meng-Chew Leow
The increasing cost of healthcare services is accelerating the development of the telehealth system to fulfill the necessity of delivering an efficient and cost-effective remote healthcare services. Moreover, the ageing of the global population and the d...
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Ourania Tsilomitrou, Konstantinos Gkountas, Nikolaos Evangeliou and Evangelos Dermatas
This work is devoted to the presentation of a Wireless Sensor System implementation for upper limb rehabilitation to function as a complementary system for a patient?s progress supervision during rehabilitation exercises. A cost effective motion capture ...
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