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Development of a Rehabilitation Robot for Mckenzie Cervical Exercise  

Shin, Sang-Hyo (동의대학교 대학원 지능시스템공학과)
Moon, Inhyuk (동의대학교 메카트로닉스공학과)
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Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology / v.10, no.1, 2016 , pp. 73-79 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper a cervical rehabilitation robot for Mckenzie exercises to be effective to neck pain relief is proposed. The robot has two degrees of freedom (DOF) for Lateral flexion and extension, Dorsal and Vental flexion which enable user to perform cervical stretching and isometric exercises for neck muscles. The mechanical parts of the cervical rehabilitation robot can be mounted on a back- or head-rest of chair, and user can perform the Mckenzie exercise with seated. In experiments we measured the range of motion of cervical part, EMG signals from neck muscles and the contact forces of a head bracket fixing the head part of user, and then evaluated their performances. From the experimental results, we showed a feasibility of the cervical rehabilitation robot proposed in this study.
Keywords
Cervical rehabilitation; Mckenzie exercise; neck muscle; rehabilitation robot;
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