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

• 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
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...