Device Design of Ankle Joint Stretching System Controlled by the Healthy Side Ankle Joint Movement for Self-Rehabilitation
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- Toda Hideki
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Toyama
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- Kawamoto Hiroaki
- Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba
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Description
<p>An ankle joint stretching device controlled by healthy-side ankle movements was developed for self-rehabilitation. Physical therapists treat their patients to prevent a subject ankle joint’s contracture and improve their walking function. However, sufficient rehabilitation therapy cannot be performed because of the labor demands of ankle joint rehabilitation. There has long been a demand for a self-rehabilitation system to reduce the amount of labor required, with the rehabilitation system operated by a physical therapist using a machine. Self-rehabilitation has not yet been realized. By stretching the affected ankle through the movement of the ankle on the healthy side, a self-rehabilitation device that can be used according to the will of the patient can be developed. An experiment confirmed that the device can realize affected-side ankle joint stretching by moving a foot plate connected to a linear actuator using the angle of the healthy-side ankle joint as a trigger. Ankle joint rotation angles of the affected and healthy sides were measured using two acceleration sensors. Compared with the previously used button-push-type control, healthy-side control can realize a smooth and stable affected-side sole-pushing procedure. The proposed system, which does not require operation by a physical therapist during treatment, makes self-rehabilitation of the ankle joint possible.</p>
Journal
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- Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics
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Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 35 (3), 556-564, 2023-06-20
Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390296498037837952
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- NII Book ID
- AA10809998
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- ISSN
- 18838049
- 09153942
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- NDL BIB ID
- 032883675
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- KAKEN
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed