SBIR Phase I: Developing a Pivoting-sliding Elliptical Machine for Knee Injury Prevention/Rehabilitation

SBIR 第一阶段：开发用于膝关节损伤预防/康复的旋转滑动椭圆机

• 批准号: 0912870
• 负责人: Yupeng Ren
• 金额: $ 9.95万
• 依托单位: Rehabtek LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0912870&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Developing; Pivoting; sliding

This SBIR Phase I research project will develop a controllable and measurable knee training system with a novel pivoting and sliding mechanism, which trains patients to improve neuromuscular control in off-axis motions of pivoting and sliding. This pivoting and sliding mechanism can be potentially implemented on many existing exercise machines (elliptical machine, step machine and bicycle exerciser) as a training accessory. As a powerful clinical evaluation tool, this system also benefits the current study of knee injury prevention and rehabilitation. Among those injuries, the knee is one of the most easily injured body areas, with injuries to the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) as the most frequent problem overall followed by the PatelloFemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS). In most cases the knee injury involves the entire lower limb and trunk, so it is more effective and efficient to train the whole lower limb, instead of an individual joint.The proposed unique neuromuscular training system on the pivoting-sliding mechanism has significant potential for rehabilitation after ACL and PFPS injury prevention/reduction. It is especially important to provide the patients a scientific evaluation and make them recover efficiently after their surgeries. It can be used widely in rehabilitation centers for lower limb rehabilitation and ACL injury prevention.This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).

这个SBIR第一阶段研究项目将开发一种具有新颖的旋转和滑动机制的可控和可测量的膝关节训练系统，该系统训练患者在旋转和滑动的离轴运动中改善神经肌肉控制。这种旋转和滑动机构可以潜在地在许多现有的锻炼机器(椭圆机、步进机和自行车训练器)上作为训练附件实现。该系统作为一种功能强大的临床评估工具，也有利于当前膝关节损伤预防和康复的研究。在这些损伤中，膝盖是最容易受伤的身体区域之一，前十字韧带(ACL)损伤是最常见的问题，其次是髌股疼痛综合征(PFPS)。在大多数情况下，膝关节损伤累及整个下肢和躯干，因此训练整个下肢比训练单个关节更有效和高效。尤其重要的是为患者提供科学的评估，使他们在手术后有效地恢复。它可以广泛应用于康复中心，用于下肢康复和预防前交叉韧带损伤。该奖项由2009年美国复苏和再投资法案(公法111-5)资助。