دورية
A Stewart Platform-Based System for Ankle Telerehabilitation
| العنوان: | A Stewart Platform-Based System for Ankle Telerehabilitation |
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| المؤلفون: | Girone, M., Burdea, G., Bouzit, M., Popescu, V., Deutsch, J.E. |
| المصدر: | Autonomous Robots; March 2001, Vol. 10 Issue: 2 p203-212, 10p |
| مستخلص: | The “Rutgers Ankle” is a Stewart platform-type haptic interface designed for use in rehabilitation. The system supplies six-DOF resistive forces in response to virtual reality-based exercises running on a host PC. The Stewart platform uses double-acting pneumatic cylinders, linear potentiometers as position sensors, and a six-DOF force sensor. The Rutgers Ankle controller contains an embedded Pentium board, pneumatic solenoid valves, valve controllers, and associated signal conditioning electronics. Communication with the host PC is over a standard RS232 line. The platform movement and output forces are transparently recorded by the host PC in a database. This database can be accessed remotely over the Internet. Thus, the Rutgers Ankle Orthopedic Rehabilitation Interface will allow patients to exercise at home while being monitored remotely by therapists. A prototype was constructed, and proof-of-concept trials were conducted at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The results indicate that the system works well as a diagnostic tool. The subjective evaluation by patients was very positive. Further medical trials are needed before the system clinical efficacy in rehabilitation can be established. |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Supplemental Index |
| تدمد: | 09295593 15737527 |
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| DOI: | 10.1023/A:1008938121020 |