Automatic control of Wrist Rehabilitation Therapy (Wrist-T) device for post-ischemic stroke patient
—Since a decade, the wrist rehabilitation services in Malaysia has been operated by the physiotherapist (PT). Throughout the rehabilitative procedure, PT commonly used a conventional method which later triggered some problems related to the effectiveness of the rehab services. Timeconsuming, lon...
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Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
2018
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/69791/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/69791/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/69791/1/69791_Automatic%20control%20of%20Wrist%20Rehabilitation_article.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/69791/2/69791_Automatic%20control%20of%20Wrist%20Rehabilitation_scopus.pdf |
| Summary: | —Since a decade, the wrist rehabilitation services in
Malaysia has been operated by the physiotherapist (PT).
Throughout the rehabilitative procedure, PT commonly used a
conventional method which later triggered some problems
related to the effectiveness of the rehab services. Timeconsuming, long-waiting time, lack of human power and all
those leading to exhaustion, both for the patient and the
provider. Patients could not commit to the therapy session due
to logistic and domestic problems. This problem can be greatly
solved with rehabilitation robot, but the current product in the
market is expensive and not affordable especially for lowincome earners family. In this paper, an automatic control of
wrist rehabilitation therapy; called WRist-T device has been
developed. There are based on three different modes of exercises
that can be carried out by the device which is the
flexion/extension, radial/ulnar deviation and
pronation/supination. By using this device, the patient can easily
receive physiotherapy session with minor supervision from the
physiotherapist at the hospital or rehabilitation centre and also
can be conducted at patient home. |
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