Development of progressive weight bearing rehabilitation system

Author

Choi, Michael ; Chu, Geh Meh ; Tanayan, John ; Singh, Mandeep

Author_Institution

Stevens Inst. of Technol., Hoboken, NJ

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Physical therapists treat many patients with decreased strength, mobility, and weight bearing tolerance. In order to maximize rehabilitation, therapists must utilize early progressive controlled mobilization, as Wolff´s and Davis´ law describe. The system has been designed to precisely and quantitatively measure a patient´s lower body strength and improvement, through the use of a force measurement scale with a U-Bar, a custom-made force transducer. R² values for the first and second U-Bar tests are 0.99 and 0.97, respectively, thus proving efficacy of the system.

Keywords

biomedical measurement; biomedical transducers; force measurement; patient rehabilitation; Davis law; U-Bar test; Wolffs law; force measurement scale; force transducer; progressive controlled mobilization; progressive weight bearing rehabilitation system; Capacitive sensors; Flexible manufacturing systems; Force measurement; Medical treatment; Muscles; Strain measurement; System testing; Transducers; Voltage; Weight measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 2009 IEEE 35th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4362-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4364-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2009.4967685

Filename

4967685