A robotic extremities muscle rehabilitation system for quadriplegia

Abstract

A novel robotic assistive rehabilitation system for both lower-limbs and upper-limbs muscle rehabilitation to general paralysis or quadriplegia and paraplegia patients has been developed. The system is featured with the ability to drive patients to do active and passive exercises which are the most important exercises for the limb weakness from early rehabilitation of the general paralysis, limb spasmodic movements after stroke and the muscle atrophy. Considering the safety of the patients, the device is designed with uniform movement by not introducing quick-return characteristics. We also develop a remote monitoring and control system for medical safety and ensure patients to recuperate as planned. Furthermore, the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed rehabilitation system has been validated by the simulation results and the actual experiment.