Open AccessAnalysis of the movement of an exoskeleton for the upper limb
Author(s) -
I A Tătulea,
Corneliu Drugă
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/568/1/012022
Subject(s) - exoskeleton , constructive , scope (computer science) , identification (biology) , movement (music) , upper limb , physical medicine and rehabilitation , lower limb , theme (computing) , field (mathematics) , computer science , psychology , medicine , mathematics , biology , philosophy , botany , surgery , process (computing) , aesthetics , programming language , operating system , pure mathematics
The theme approached in this paper falls within the general lines of an interdisciplinary research field, strategies provided by the European health insurance programs: Social Challenges (Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing) and respectively in the national classification: Health (Fundamental and Border Research). The main objective of the research is the identification and knowledge of the biomechanical analysis elements that contribute to the increase of the mobility of the upper limbs in the persons with different motor dysfunctions (recoverable and rehabilitated dysfunctions), using customized exoskeleton-type systems together with opto-electronic systems to diversify the scope. In the first part of the paper are presented general aspects related to variants and fields of use of types of exoskeleton for upper limbs. The biomechanical analysis of upper limb movements, performed for the purpose of determining the action limits, is presented in the second part of the paper. The results of the analyses and the conclusions of this research are presented in the final part of the paper, along with the description of the proposed constructive variant of the exoskeleton.