Design of an auxiliary device for home-based stroke rehabilitation

Shuhao Zhang, Mengjie Huang*, Liu Wang, Kai Lun Liao, Rui Yang

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Abstract

Home-based rehabilitation is playing a significant role in patients with stroke after leaving hospital as an accessible rehabilitation approach. This paper proposes a home-based rehabilitation auxiliary device used with wheelchair for patients after stroke, especially those with lateral asymmetry in upper limbs. This device relies on an electrical system to track the movement of the patient's upper limb on the dominant side to drive the weaker side’s movement. Design concept, interaction design process, and results are demonstrated in detail in this paper to illustrate the novel auxiliary device design for rehabilitation. This design provides a new way for upper limb training for patients with rehabilitation at home. Moreover, further exploration of integrating a virtual reality game with this device is also presented for increasing the user’s motivation in training.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLifeTech 2021 - 2021 IEEE 3rd Global Conference on Life Sciences and Technologies
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages135-138
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781665418751
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Mar 2021
Event3rd IEEE Global Conference on Life Sciences and Technologies, LifeTech 2021 - Nara, Japan
Duration: 9 Mar 202111 Mar 2021

Publication series

NameLifeTech 2021 - 2021 IEEE 3rd Global Conference on Life Sciences and Technologies

Conference

Conference3rd IEEE Global Conference on Life Sciences and Technologies, LifeTech 2021
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityNara
Period9/03/2111/03/21

Keywords

  • Auxiliary device
  • Movement training
  • Rehabilitation
  • Stroke
  • Upper limb

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