Designing a Rehabilitation Equipment with Intelligent Metallic Elements
Designing a Rehabilitation Equipment with Intelligent Metallic Elements
Author(s): Adela-Ioana UrsanuSubject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Universitatea Tehnică "Gheorghe Asachi" din Iaşi
Keywords: medical rehabilitation; shape memory alloy; nitinol; super-elasticity; exercises.
Summary/Abstract: In this paper I outline the design of a post-traumatic rehabilitation system for the elbow joint that uses intelligent elements to activate the flexion/extension movement. Based on anthropometric data from humans, I designed and made a rehabilitation system adjustable on the arm and forearm, using an intelligent shape-memory alloy for flexion and a superelastic experimental alloy for extension.
Journal: Buletinul Institutului Politehnic din Iași secția Științe Socio-Umane
- Issue Year: 63/2017
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 59-64
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English