tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Smart portable rehabilitation devices"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Smart portable rehabilitation devices | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation BioMed Central Research Open Access Smart portable rehabilitation devices Constantinos Mavroidis Jason Nikitczuk Brian Weinberg Gil Danaher Katherine Jensen Philip Pelletier Jennifer Prugnarola Ryan Stuart Roberto Arango Matt Leahey Robert Pavone Andrew Provo and Dan Yasevac Address Department of Mechanical Industrial EngineeringNortheastern University360 Huntington Avenue Boston MA 02115 USA Email Constantinos Mavroidis - mavro@ Jason Nikitczuk - jasonn@ Brian Weinberg - shwagg01@ Gil Danaher - gdanaher@ Katherine Jensen - kjensen@ Philip Pelletier - ppelleti@ Jennifer Prugnarola - jprugnar@ Ryan Stuart - rstuart@ Roberto Arango - robaran@ Matt Leahey- mleahey@ Robert Pavone - Andrew Provo - Dan Yasevac - yazy33@ Corresponding author Published 12 July 2005 Received 19 March 2005 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2005 2 18 doi 1743- Accepted 12 July 2005 0003-2-18 This article is available from http content 2 1 18 2005 Mavroidis et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The majority of current portable orthotic devices and rehabilitative braces provide stability apply precise pressure or help maintain alignment of the joints with out the capability for real time monitoring of the patient s motions and forces and without the ability for real time adjustments of the applied forces and motions. Improved technology has allowed for advancements where these devices can be designed to apply a form of tension to resist motion of the joint. These devices induce .