Title :
Design of a cable-driven ankle rehabilitation system (C-DARS)
Author :
Jihoon Kim ; Joonbum Bae
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. & Nucl. Eng., UNIST, Ulsan, South Korea
Abstract :
This paper presents a cable-driven ankle rehabilitation system (C-DARS). The proposed system is designed to easily apply the ankle rehabilitation treatment for multi-users. A small and light connecting part is attached to an orthosis worn by a patient, and the required force for the rehabilitation treatment is transmitted by a cable-driven mechanism. The force-delivering part can be easily attached and detached with the orthosis using a magnet-based connecting system.
Keywords :
cables (mechanical); magnets; orthotics; patient rehabilitation; patient treatment; C-DARS; ankle rehabilitation treatment; cable-driven ankle rehabilitation system design; magnet-based connecting system; orthosis; Educational institutions; Force; Joining processes; Joints; Knee; Magnetic separation; Robots; ankle rehabilitation; cable-driven mechanism;
Conference_Titel :
Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2014 11th International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/URAI.2014.7057416
