Development of robotic arm rehabilitation machine with biofeedback that addresses the question on Filipino elderly patient motivation

College

Gokongwei College of Engineering

Department/Unit

Manufacturing Engineering and Management

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source Title

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volume

6414 LNAI

First Page

401

Last Page

409

Publication Date

12-15-2010

Abstract

Many robotic systems have been developed for assisting rehabilitating stroke patients. Their failure lies on the system design's inability to motivate the patients to voluntarily conduct different activities that could stretch the impaired arm to its limit and help improve its condition. This paper presents the development of a robotic arm which allows the stroke patients' active involvement in their rehabilitation through real-time biofeedback. It also evaluates the condition of the patients based on their performance and sends this feedback so therapists or doctors can monitor patients' improvements. This project espoused a recommended strategy on patient motivation, that is, to embed therapy within the framework that provides patients with monitoring and interaction with therapists. Initiated for the needs of Filipino stroke patients, this paper presents its acceptability in the light of Filipino values. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1007/978-3-642-17248-9_42

Disciplines

Manufacturing | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering | Robotics

Keywords

Robot hands; Cerebrovascular disease—Patients—Rehabilitation; Patient monitoring

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