Positively advocating that low-cost additive 3D-printing technologies and open-source licensed software/hardware platforms represent an optimal solution to realize low-cost equipment, a mechanical and 3D-printable device for bilateral upper-limb rehabilitation is presented. The design and manufacturing process of this wheel-geared mechanism, enabling in-phase and anti-phase movements, will be openly provided online with the aim of making a set of customizable devices for neurorehabilitation exploitable all over the world even by people/countries with limited economical and technological resources. In order to characterize the interaction with the device, preliminary trials with EMG and kinematics recordings were performed on healthy subjects.
DUALarm: An open-source and 3D- printable device for upper limb neurorehabilitation
Dinon Tito;Caimmi Marco;Chiavenna Andrea;Malosio Matteo;Prini Alessio;Scano Alessandro;Molinari Tosatti Lorenzo;
2018
Abstract
Positively advocating that low-cost additive 3D-printing technologies and open-source licensed software/hardware platforms represent an optimal solution to realize low-cost equipment, a mechanical and 3D-printable device for bilateral upper-limb rehabilitation is presented. The design and manufacturing process of this wheel-geared mechanism, enabling in-phase and anti-phase movements, will be openly provided online with the aim of making a set of customizable devices for neurorehabilitation exploitable all over the world even by people/countries with limited economical and technological resources. In order to characterize the interaction with the device, preliminary trials with EMG and kinematics recordings were performed on healthy subjects.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
