1.Mirror-type rehabilitation training with dynamic adjustment and assistance for shoulder joint.
Sheng CHEN ; Yizhe YAN ; Guozheng XU ; Xiang GAO ; Kangjin HUANG ; Chun TAI
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2021;38(2):351-360
The real physical image of the affected limb, which is difficult to move in the traditional mirror training, can be realized easily by the rehabilitation robots. During this training, the affected limb is often in a passive state. However, with the gradual recovery of the movement ability, active mirror training becomes a better choice. Consequently, this paper took the self-developed shoulder joint rehabilitation robot with an adjustable structure as an experimental platform, and proposed a mirror training system completed by next four parts. First, the motion trajectory of the healthy limb was obtained by the Inertial Measurement Units (IMU). Then the variable universe fuzzy adaptive proportion differentiation (PD) control was adopted for inner loop, meanwhile, the muscle strength of the affected limb was estimated by the surface electromyography (sEMG). The compensation force for an assisted limb of outer loop was calculated. According to the experimental results, the control system can provide real-time assistance compensation according to the recovery of the affected limb, fully exert the training initiative of the affected limb, and make the affected limb achieve better rehabilitation training effect.
Electromyography
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Humans
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Movement
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Muscle Strength
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Robotics
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Shoulder Joint
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Stroke Rehabilitation