Conceptual Design of EMG Based Upper Limb Power Assist Rehabilitation Device

Authors : Mohammed MANSOUR, Mustafa Çağrı KUTLU

Pages : 1-17

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Publication Date : 2021-06-23

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Recently, power assist devices have been designed and developed to assist self-rehabilitation and daily life motions of physically weak persons. Several kinds of control methods have been proposed to control the power-assist robots according to user’s motion intention. In this article, a conceptual design of electromyogram insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EMG); based upper limb power assist device is proposed for elbow movements of patients who have difficulty moving their arm, but their muscle signals are still functioning. The proposed device is simple, humanlike, and adaptable to any user. The topic was academically reviewed to consider the similar devices and develop a new design. Following the conceptual design scheme, the specification and requirement list of the device was prepared. According to these specification, few possible design solutions were considered and evaluated to choose the best one. The chosen design was detailly developed and design using a CAD model. The device is designed as 1 degree of freedom insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DOF); with two basic dimensions: flexion and extension.
Keywords : conceptual, design, rehabilitation, upper limb, EMG