| Author | Thanaporn Viriyasaranon |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Engineering in
Mechatronics |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The rehabilitation process is the essential healing process to restore the limited range of motion of the elbow and increasing of the stiffness of the human arm which is effect of the upper extremity bone broken. The purpose of this study is to design and build the rehabilitation robot. The rehabilitation robot, which was designed for elbow rehabilitation of fracture patient, can measured the limited range of motion of the passive and active movement, stiffness of the human arm for passive movement, and provide assistance and resistance rehabilitation. The robot use the microcontroller to control the robot to move the human forearm and this microcontroller work with the MATLAB GUI interface to receive the command for the user and submit the information via serial port. It means the users can select the rehabilitation mode and level of rehabilitation. The result of this study show that the robot can be used to estimate the gravity term of the human arm, the limited range of motion of the human for passive and active movement, and the stiffness of the human arm for passive movement. Furthermore, the designed robot can provide the assistance and rehabilitation following the level that the user select. |
| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Microelectronics (ME) |
| Chairperson(s) | Abeykoon, A. M. Harsha S. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Thailand (HM King); |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Thailand (HM King); |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) -- Asian Institute of Technology, 2017 |