title: Pneumatic robotic device for early delivering of rehabilitation therapy.
abstract: This paper describes a new pneumatic rehabilitation robot for upper limbs to deliver Proprioceptive Neuro-muscular Facilitation (PNF) therapies to the acute post-stroke patients, even if they are still in supine position. The robotic device assists the therapist in repetitive PNF therapies, learning the defined movement by therapist at the same time that the patient, and then repeating it with different level of assistance. Moreover, the rehabilitation device was designed to be used for relearning daily living skills like: take a glass, drinking, etc. The proposed solution is composed by two robotic arms actuated by pneumatic swivel modules and a virtual environment for the motivation of the patient.
authors.affiliation: nBio Research Group, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche,03202 Elche, Spain. rmorales@umh.es
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Badesa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sabater
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Azorin
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000388:Air; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004550:Elbow / Q000502:physiology; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D012371:Robotics; D012782:Shoulder / Q000502:physiology; D012984:Software; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014584:User-Computer Interface