Design and development of a multi-sensor monitoring device for arm rehabilitation
A continuous monitoring process for arm rehabilitation activities are important to provide information of rehabilitation results to be analyzed by therapist. The purpose of monitoring is to help them to improve rehabilitation process. Moreover, a portable and simple home-based rehabilitation dev...
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Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
2011
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7927/1/J4295_e6ce7110c6d3a01f92d2d592e95a2362.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7927/ |
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| Summary: | A continuous monitoring process for arm rehabilitation activities are important to provide information
of rehabilitation results to be analyzed by therapist. The purpose of monitoring is to help them to improve
rehabilitation process. Moreover, a portable and simple home-based rehabilitation device can help patients to
improve daily rehabilitation activity. Some previous studies regarding home-based rehabilitation process have
shown improvement in promoting human movement recovery. But existing rehabilitation devices are expensive
and need to be supervised by physical therapist. Some devices are not so efficient to be used at home due to large
size and complex system. In this current work, flex sensor, force sensitive resistors and accelerometer were
assessed in order to be implemented as a sensory unit for a portable arm rehabilitation device. Analog signal from
the sensors will be conveyed to an Arduino microcontroller for data processing and logging. The results of
rehabilitation activity can be used for further monitoring and analysis. Experiments were carried out to determine
the feasibility of each sensor towards the design of the new rehabilitation monitoring device. The experiments
demonstrate the capabilities of the sensors to produce extended information regarding arm movement activity
which can be implemented in the design. A liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor will show to the user the
achievement of their exercise activity on daily basis. |
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