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Development of Rectangular-type Thumb Rehabilitation Robot for Stroke Patient's Thumb Rehabilitation Exercise

뇌졸중 환자의 엄지손가락 재활운동을 위한 직교형 엄지손가락 재활로봇 개발

  • Kim, Hyeon-Min (Department of Control & Instrumentation Engineering, ERI, Gyeongsang National Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Guk (Department of Control & Instrumentation Engineering, ERI, Gyeongsang National Univ.) ;
  • Shin, Hee-Suk (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National Univ.) ;
  • Yoon, Jong-Won (School of Mechanical Engineering, Gyeongsang National Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Gab-Soon (Department of Control & Instrumentation Engineering, ERI, Gyeongsang National Univ.)
  • 김현민 (경상대학교 제어계측공학과) ;
  • 김용국 (경상대학교 제어계측공학과) ;
  • 신희석 (경상대학교 의학전문대학원 재활의학과) ;
  • 윤정원 (경상대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • 김갑순 (경상대학교 제어계측공학과)
  • Received : 2011.09.20
  • Accepted : 2012.01.04
  • Published : 2012.05.01
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Abstract

Stroke patients should exercise for the rehabilitation of their fingers, because they can't use their hand and fingers. The moving direction of thumb of five fingers is different that of four fingers (force finger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger). The thumb rehabilitation robot for rehabilitation exercise must be included a force control system, because robot can injure thumb by applying too much force. In this paper, the rectangular-type thumb rehabilitation robot was developed for stroke patient's thumb rehabilitation exercise of the flexibility rehabilitation exercise. The characteristic test of the developed rectangular-type thumb rehabilitation robot was carried out with normal men in their twenties. As a result, it is thought that the robot can be used for the flexibility rehabilitation exercise of stroke patient's thumb.

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