Implementation of a Rehabilation Robot for Glenohumeral Joint Mobilization

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10.2991/acta-14.2014.14How to use a DOI?

Keywords

robot, dorsal translation mobilization, glenohumeral joint

Abstract

In this study, we designed a robot with six degrees of freedom (six-DOF robot) to treat patients with glenohumeral joint (GHJ) disease by using data obtained from a strength sensor and the degree of displacement of the humerus. From a safety perspective, Grade III joint mobilization is conducted to realize a system design capable of being applied for observation and rehabilitation of patients with GHJ diseases. The robot uses the output strength to displace the joint and reduce the resistance from joint tissue of the frozen shoulder. In the experiment, after dorsal translation mobilization (DTM) for all the subjects, from the load-displacement curve of GHJ, we could see progress of 0.59–3.31 mm for all subjects (under 30 N). After five DTM procedures, the maximum displacement reached a stable condition.

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© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chang Chien Jia-Ren
AU  - Chang Chin-Fu
AU  - Shiu Jia-hau
PY  - 2014/06
DA  - 2014/06
TI  - Implementation of a Rehabilation Robot for Glenohumeral Joint Mobilization
BT  - 2014 International Conference on Automatic Control Theory and Application
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 55
EP  - 58
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/acta-14.2014.14
DO  - 10.2991/acta-14.2014.14
ID  - Jia-Ren2014/06
ER  -