Rehabilitation trainer for upper extremities using gravity balancing

• Main Author: Teo, Kiat Ghee.
• Other Authors: Yeo Song Huat
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Bio-mechatronics; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Assistive technology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45613
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Rehabilitation devices have been progressively developed over the years to train and assist people who have limbs impairment in movement due to hemiparesis, arthrogryposis and spinal injuries. In order for them to regain their basic function of their limbs, passive gravity balancing technique is on...