《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2020, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (4): 463-466.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2020.04.014

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Application of Pneumatic Artificial Muscle in Rehabilitation Equipment (review)

ZHOU Bin-bin,ZOU Ren-ling()   

  1. School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • Received:2019-05-06 Revised:2019-06-04 Published:2020-04-25 Online:2020-04-27
  • Contact: ZOU Ren-ling E-mail:zourenling@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Shanghai Science and Technology Committee Research Plan(19441904500)

Abstract:

This paper introduced the application of pneumatic artificial muscles in rehabilitation medical equipment at home and abroad, and emphatically analyzed the application of pneumatic artificial muscle in upper limb rehabilitation instruments and lower limb rehabilitation instruments in recent years, among which upper limb rehabilitation instruments included hand, wrist and arm, and lower limb rehabilitation instruments included leg, knee and ankle. The working characteristics and application scope of the application examples were introduced, and a comparative analysis of the same functional rehabilitation equipment was made.

Key words: pneumatic artificial muscle, upper limb rehabilitation, lower limb rehabilitation, rehabilitant robot, review

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