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COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
Instrumented Module for Investigation of Contact Forces for Use in Rehabilitation and Assessment of Bimanual Functionalities
Submission Author:
Leonardo Marquez Pedro , SP , Brazil
Co-Authors:
Leonardo Marquez Pedro, Marcela Martelleto, Paulo Marcos AGUIAR, Etienne Burdet, Glauco Caurin, Rafael Aroca
Presenter: Marcela Martelleto
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-2475
Abstract
The project idea concentrated on the development of a mechatronic bimanual module for assessment of contact ans prehension forces through force sensors. Such a module would be used by people with motor deficits, victims of sequelae caused by cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke. The intelligent instrument is intended to interact with virtual daily activities simulated by games as it is part of the System for Independent Task-oriented Assessment and Rehabilitation that aims to rehabilitate the affected upper-limb. Therefore, the working areas encompassed were the mechanics, electronics, computing and control of the device, focusing mainly on the first, due to the structure of the object. After a few tries, it was conceived a prototype able to measure prehension and interaction forces. The device presented satisfactory results, initial requirements were achieved and was possible to perform a pilot experiment. Preliminary analysis of the collected data suggest the possibility to extract patterns from the force profiles applied on the object over the task.
Keywords
stroke rehabilitation, technology-assisted therapy, bimanual assessment, Mechatronics
