Design and development of a gravity-balanced device for the upper limb

• Main Author: Foo, Danny Chen Hui.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/50962
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Patients suffer with neuromuscular diseases often have limited muscle force, and many rely on mobile arm supports to move their arms. In this paper, the author purposes a device to balance the upper limb to eliminate the effect of gravity force on the upper limb. The designed device includes the fol...