Biomechanical study of upper-limb exoskeleton for resistance training with three-dimensional motion analysis system
Tzong-Ming Wu, PhD; Dar-Zen Chen, PhD
Healthcare services and home-based rehabilitation
are in high demand, and the demand for professional
physical therapy is imposing an increasing burden on
the healthcare system. This article presents an experimental
study of a novel home-based spring-loaded
upper-limb exoskeleton meant to enable a patient
or an elderly individual to move a limb at multiple
joints in different planes for resistance training in a
free and unconstrained environment with less inertia
effect. To assess the functionality of the design, we
measured its kinematic data while performing designated
movements and adopted a motion capture system
to verify the function of our mechanism.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2012.12.0227
Volume 51 Number 1, 2014
Pages 111 — 126
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This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows:
Wu TM, Chen DZ. Biomechanical study of upper-limb exoskeleton for resistance training with three-dimensional motion analysis system. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014;51(1): 111–26.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2012.12.0227
Wu TM, Chen DZ. Biomechanical study of upper-limb exoskeleton for resistance training with three-dimensional motion analysis system. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014;51(1): 111–26.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2012.12.0227
ResearcherID/ORCID: Dar-Zen Chen, PhD: D-1463-2012
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