Vol. 18 No. 3 (2019): Revista UIS Ingenierías
Articles

Pronosupination mechanism adaptable to a rehabilitation device of the upper extremity

María Guadalupe Contreras-Calderón
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Eduardo Castillo-Castañeda
Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Published 2019-04-26

Keywords

  • pronosupination,
  • human arm rehabilitation,
  • medical robotics

How to Cite

Contreras-Calderón, M. G., & Castillo-Castañeda, E. (2019). Pronosupination mechanism adaptable to a rehabilitation device of the upper extremity. Revista UIS Ingenierías, 18(3), 87–94. https://doi.org/10.18273/revuin.v18n3-2019009

Abstract

Rehabilitation robotics is a tool to support rehabilitation therapist that reduces the patient’s recovery time and improve the exercises repeatability. Arm rehabilitation devices have been developed to perform the exercises in the horizontal plane; however, most devices do not consider arm pronosupination. This paper presents the design of a pronosupinator that can be mounted to the end effector of some existing devices. The pronosupinator consists of a sling and a cylinder that allows forearm rotation, this rotation can be: manual, the patient may rotate it; or automatic through a motor. The pronosupinator features, in combination with the arm rehabilitation devices, contribute to the improvement of rehabilitation therapies and reduces costs in general for the healthcare sector.

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