DocumentCode :
1959593
Title :
E-dumbbell: An electronic dumbbell with haptic feedback for wrist rehabilitation
Author :
Karime, Ali ; Rahman, A. S M Mahfujur ; Osman, H.A. ; Gueaieb, Wail ; El Saddik, Abdulmotaleb
Author_Institution :
Multimedia Commun. Res. Lab. (MCRLab), Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
fYear :
2011
fDate :
19-21 Sept. 2011
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
4
Abstract :
In this paper, the design and implementation of a wrist rehabilitation system that is cheap and simple is presented. E-dumbbell consists of a regular dumbbell mounted with an accelerometer and a pair of vibro-tactile actuators that allow the dumbbell interface to interact with a two dimensional Ping-Pong game. The main purpose of the system is to enable patients to perform their daily wrist training in a convenient and entertaining manner. The system can be adapted to fit the needs of different patients with different rehabilitation levels by allowing patients to customize the difficulty level of the game. The training sensory data are stored in a database that could be used by the therapist to track his/her patient´s progress.
Keywords :
actuators; biomedical equipment; haptic interfaces; patient rehabilitation; Ping-Pong game; accelerometer; e-dumbbell; electronic dumbbell; haptic feedback; patient rehabilitation; vibro-tactile actuators; wrist rehabilitation system; Accelerometers; Games; Medical treatment; Robots; Training; Virtual reality; Wrist; Computerized rehabilitation; haptics; multimedia; tangible user interface;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Environments Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems (VECIMS), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
ISSN :
1944-9429
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-888-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/VECIMS.2011.6053839
Filename :
6053839
Link To Document :
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