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The “Arm” Line of Devices for Neurological Rehabilitation

The “Arm” Line of Devices for Neurological Rehabilitation

Alessandro Scano, Andrea Chiavenna, Tito Dinon, Alessio Prini, Giulio Spagnuolo, Matteo Malosio, Lorenzo Molinari Tosatti
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 30
ISBN13: 9781522529934|ISBN10: 1522529934|EISBN13: 9781522529941
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2993-4.ch007
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Scano, Alessandro, et al. "The “Arm” Line of Devices for Neurological Rehabilitation." Handbook of Research on Biomimetics and Biomedical Robotics, edited by Maki Habib, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 161-190. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2993-4.ch007

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Scano, A., Chiavenna, A., Dinon, T., Prini, A., Spagnuolo, G., Malosio, M., & Tosatti, L. M. (2018). The “Arm” Line of Devices for Neurological Rehabilitation. In M. Habib (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Biomimetics and Biomedical Robotics (pp. 161-190). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2993-4.ch007

Chicago

Scano, Alessandro, et al. "The “Arm” Line of Devices for Neurological Rehabilitation." In Handbook of Research on Biomimetics and Biomedical Robotics, edited by Maki Habib, 161-190. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2993-4.ch007

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Abstract

In the modern scenario of neurological rehabilitation, which requires affordable solutions oriented toward promoting home training, the Institute of Industrial Technologies and Automation (ITIA) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) developed a line of prototypal devices for the rehabilitation of the upper limb, called “Arm.” Arm devices were conceived to promote rehabilitation at affordable prices by capturing all the main features of the state-of-the-art devices. In fact, Arm devices focus on the main features requested by a robot therapist: mechanical adaptation to the patient, ranging from passive motion to high transparency, assist-as-needed and resistive modalities; proper use of sensors for performance monitoring; easy-to-use, modular, and adaptable design. These desirable features are combined with low-cost, additive manufacturing procedures, with the purpose of meeting the requirements coming from research on neuro-motor rehabilitation and motor control and coupling them with the recent breakthrough innovations in design and manufacturing.

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