Design of a passive wearable device using an optimized mechanical metamaterial for mirror therapy

Design of a passive wearable device using an optimized mechanical metamaterial for mirror therapy

Mirror Therapy (MT) is an effective therapeutic method used in the rehabilitation of hemiplegics. The effectiveness of this method is improved by employing a bi-modal approach which requires the synchronous movement of the affected and unaffected arm. For this purpose, we describe the design of a we...

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Main Authors: Raghavendra Kulkarni, Suhas, Accoto, Dino, Campolo, Domenico
Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Robots
Mechanism-Based Metamaterial
Wearable Assistive Device
Mirror Therapy
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/172976
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Mirror Therapy (MT) is an effective therapeutic method used in the rehabilitation of hemiplegics. The effectiveness of this method is improved by employing a bi-modal approach which requires the synchronous movement of the affected and unaffected arm. For this purpose, we describe the design of a wearable device using a Mechanical Metamaterial (MM) that is optimized for the specific user to provide passive assistance of wrist flexion-extension and enable synchronous motion of the affected and unaffected arm during MT.

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