{"title":"Development of a statically balanced arm support: ARMON","authors":"J. Herder","doi":"10.1109/ICORR.2005.1501102","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"People with neuromuscular diseases can benefit from devices that assist their motoric capabilities. Different categories can be distinguished for different patient groups, ranging from robotic manipulators to non-powered orthoses. Robotic manipulators can be used by people with virtually no muscle force, whereas non-powered orthoses require at least acceleration and deceleration effort. This paper proposes a hybrid solution, constituting a non-powered orthosis that can be electronically adjusted to varying load. An overview of prototype development would be presented, including the design of linkage, balancer, interface and appearance. A preliminary evaluation with users is also provided.","PeriodicalId":131431,"journal":{"name":"9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2005. ICORR 2005.","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2005-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"50","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2005. ICORR 2005.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICORR.2005.1501102","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 50
Abstract
People with neuromuscular diseases can benefit from devices that assist their motoric capabilities. Different categories can be distinguished for different patient groups, ranging from robotic manipulators to non-powered orthoses. Robotic manipulators can be used by people with virtually no muscle force, whereas non-powered orthoses require at least acceleration and deceleration effort. This paper proposes a hybrid solution, constituting a non-powered orthosis that can be electronically adjusted to varying load. An overview of prototype development would be presented, including the design of linkage, balancer, interface and appearance. A preliminary evaluation with users is also provided.