ASSISTED UPPER LIMB MOVEMENT FOR ASSESSMENT AND THERAPY

辅助上肢运动进行评估和治疗

• 批准号: 2785628
• 负责人: RICHARD M MAHONEY
• 金额: $ 9.64万
• 依托单位: APPLIED RESOURCES CORPORATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-06-01 至 2000-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2785628
• 关键词: biomedical equipment development; computer assisted patient care; computer simulation; computer system design /evaluation; human subject; limb movement; medical rehabilitation related tag; physical therapy; rehabilitation; robotics; stroke; telemedicine

The Phase I effort of this research is to develop a robotic bi-manual therapy machine for use in stroke rehabilitation that will augment the clinical rehabilitation provided by a physical therapist, provide better quantititative data to support rehabilitation decisions and progress review, and to ultimately result in substantial improvements in the speed and quality of recovery from impairments caused by stroke. Current practice in stroke rehabilitation relies almost exclusively on subjective measurements by the physical therapist and the extent to which the ability to perform activities of daily living is recovered. It is expected that the availability of a computer-controlled robotic bi-manual therapy machine will provide revolutionary opportunities for uncovering more fully the nature of stroke and the exploration of new therapies. The desired outcome of the Phase I research effort will be a virtual prototype of a pre- commercial model. This virtual prototype will be evaluated using a six degree of freedom goniometer, and the final model will form the basis of the prototype construction in Phase II. A single degree of freedom bi- manual test bed will be developed and used to evaluate force control algorithms to be implemented in the prototype. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: The commercial applications of this project are the manufacture and distribution of a robotic therapy machine providing clinical rehabilitation of stroke impairment, which is enhanced by computerized assessment and automated routines for remote or networked therapy. This methodology would lead to a more cost effective therapy that could be developed for other forms of rehabilitation therapy.

这项研究的第一阶段工作是开发一种用于中风康复的机器人双手治疗机，该机器将增强由物理治疗师提供的临床康复，提供更好的量化数据来支持康复决策和进展审查，并最终导致从中风造成的损害中恢复的速度和质量的大幅提高。目前中风康复的实践几乎完全依赖于理疗师的主观测量以及日常生活活动能力的恢复程度。预计计算机控制的机器人双手治疗机的问世将为更全面地揭示中风的本质和探索新的治疗方法提供革命性的机会。第一阶段研究工作的预期结果将是一个商业前模型的虚拟原型。该虚拟样机将使用六自由度测角仪进行评估，最终模型将成为第二阶段样机构建的基础。将开发一台单自由度双手动试验台，并用于评估力控制算法将在样机中实施。拟议的商业应用：该项目的商业应用是制造和销售一种机器人治疗机，提供中风损伤的临床康复，通过计算机化的评估和远程或网络治疗的自动化例程来增强。这一方法将导致一种更具成本效益的治疗方法，可以为其他形式的康复治疗开发。