Study on the safety of elbow joint with simple upper limb rehabilitation exoskeleton

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Study on the safety of elbow joint with simple upper limb rehabilitation exoskeleton

Yuxin Yang 1*
  • 1 Leicester International Institute, Dalian University of Technology, Liaoning, 116024, China    
  • *corresponding author 20203291040@mail.dlut.edu.cn
Published on 31 January 2024 | https://doi.org/10.54254/2755-2721/31/20230139
ACE Vol.31
ISSN (Print): 2755-273X
ISSN (Online): 2755-2721
ISBN (Print): 978-1-83558-287-9
ISBN (Online): 978-1-83558-288-6

Abstract

Due to the great demand for treating physicians for patients with disabilities caused by stroke, in order to reduce the workload of doctors, exoskeleton robots have been effectively applied and promoted in post-illness health care. Because the human rehabilitation movement needs certain accuracy and low error tolerance rate, the rehabilitation exoskeleton robot requires high precision. Since the exoskeleton robot needs to be worn on the human body, there are certain requirements for the size and wearing comfort of the machine, and the functional structure of all aspects of the upper limb exoskeleton rehabilitation robot still needs to be further improved. In the medical rehabilitation exoskeleton, for the elbow exoskeleton of the upper limb, an elbow exoskeleton with binding structure is proposed in this paper. The elastic structure connects the human body with the binding structure, and on this basis, the wearing comfort is improved through the improvement of the structure and the selection of materials. At the same time, the passive joint between the binding structure and the exoskeleton is designed. In case of motion error when the motor is actively driven, the passive joint reduces the harmful force and torque, so as to ensure safety. Finally, the feasibility of this method is demonstrated through simulation and analysis of the movement of exoskeleton machine. It is proved that the design has certain practicability and reference value for practical treatment.

Keywords:

upper limb rehabilitation, exoskeleton robot, binding structure, secure

Yang,Y. (2024). Study on the safety of elbow joint with simple upper limb rehabilitation exoskeleton. Applied and Computational Engineering,31,157-164.
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Yang,Y. (2024). Study on the safety of elbow joint with simple upper limb rehabilitation exoskeleton. Applied and Computational Engineering,31,157-164.

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ISBN：978-1-83558-287-9(Print) / 978-1-83558-288-6(Online)
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Volume number: Vol.31
ISSN：2755-2721(Print) / 2755-273X(Online)

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References

[1]. Nef T, Guidali M, and Riener R (2009). ARMin III-Arm therapy exoskeleton with an ergonomic shoulder actuation. Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 6(2), 127-142.

[2]. Li G, Zheng Y, Wu X. (2015). Research progress and trend of medical rehabilitation Robot [J]. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 30(6),793-802.

[3]. Xue X, Deng Z, Sun J, Li N, Ren W, Zhou L, He Y. (2022). Hot spots and frontiers of rehabilitation robot research in recent 10 years: a bibliometric analysis based on the Web of Science database. Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research, 26(14), 2095-4344(2022)14-02214-09.

[4]. Yu H. (2020). Rehabilitation robot: Ten future prospects [J]. Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 35(8), 900-902

[5]. Wang Q, Wei Y, Liu L. (2018). Research and Application Progress of Rehabilitation Robot [J]. Packaging Engineering, 39(18), 83-89.

[6]. Li H, Zhang T, Feng G. (2017). Application progress of exoskeleton lower limb rehabilitation robot in stroke rehabilitation [J]. Rehabilitation Theory and Practice in China, 23(7), 788-791.

[7]. Rodgers H, Bosomworth H, Krebs HI, et al. (2019). Robot assisted training for the upper limb after stroke (RATULS): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Lancet,394(10192), 51-62.

[8]. Schiele A (2008). Fundamentals of Ergonomic Exoskeleton, Robots [D]. Delft: Technische Universiteit Delft.

[9]. Wu X, Xue H, Huang R, Le Q, Hu X, Yu H (2015). Structural design and analysis of modular wearable exoskeleton upper limb robot, mechanical manufacturing, 1000-4998(2015)08-0026-04.

[10]. Zhu X (2017). Research on control strategy of upper limb motor system of rehabilitation robot [D]. Northeastern University.

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