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Design of a Cable-Driven Device for Elbow Rehabilitation and Exercise

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Interdisciplinary Applications of Kinematics

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The paper presents a new rehabilitation device for elbow motion as based on a cable-driven parallel manipulator. The kinematic design is presented as characterized with a numerical evaluation of motion performance and an experimental validation. A CAD design is simulated as the basis for a prototype construction. Tests with a built prototype are discussed to show its feasibility and operation characteristics.

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The second author has spent a semester at UPV in Bilbao in 2017 within the Erasmus program that is thankfully acknowledged.

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Ceccarelli, M., Ferrara, L., Petuya, V. (2019). Design of a Cable-Driven Device for Elbow Rehabilitation and Exercise. In: Kecskeméthy, A., Geu Flores, F., Carrera, E., Elias, D. (eds) Interdisciplinary Applications of Kinematics. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 71. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16423-2_6

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