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Revista mexicana de ingeniería biomédica

On-line version ISSN 2395-9126Print version ISSN 0188-9532

Abstract

VIDRIOS-SERRANO, C. A. et al. Integration of an Occupational-Therapy Robotic System for Upper Limbs with Visual/tactile Stimulation of Patients. Rev. mex. ing. bioméd [online]. 2018, vol.39, n.2, pp.144-164. ISSN 2395-9126.  https://doi.org/10.17488/rmib.39.2.2.

Traditional upper limb rehabilitation exercises are primarily aimed at regaining the strength or range of motion of the patients' injured area. An alternative option that has been presented in the last years is the use of haptic interfaces, which have shown their potential as tools that support rehabilitation therapies. This article presents a haptic system of rehabilitation for fine upper limb movements, whose main characteristic is that users of the system can interact in a visual and tactile fashion with virtual objects mixed with real scenarios, thereby achieving an augmented reality environment. The system was tested in two stages, both with subjects who had a degree of disability in upper limbs. The data collected were followed trajectories, follow-up errors and the muscular activity obtained by means of electromyography; the collected information enabled the analysis, in a quantitative way, of the degree of progress of the patients. In addition, the assessments made by physiotherapists were considered, concluding that the proposed system can be used as a viable complementary tool for conventional rehabilitation therapies.

Keywords : haptic device; augmented reality; rehabilitation therapies.

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