A novel approach to increase upper extremity active range of motion for individuals with duchenne muscular dystrophy using admittance control: A preliminary study

Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Abstract

Progressive muscle weakness characteristic of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) results in loss of upper extremity active range of motion (AROM) despite residual muscle strength that is insufficient to overcome gravity. Admittance control is well suited for use by individuals with DMD as it allows for the utilization of residual muscle strength to intuitively control the motion of a powerful robot without requiring strength to overcome gravity and the friction and inertia of the robot. This study examined the feasibility of using the HapticMASTER, an admittance control motorized arm support, to increase the upper extremity AROM of individuals with DMD to a greater degree than that provided by the Armon Edero, a commercially available passive arm support. The results demonstrate that the HapticMASTER robot significantly increased the reachable surface area scores compared to the Armon Edero passive arm support (paired-samples t-test, t(5) = 3.984, p = 0.010, Cohen’s d = 1.6).

Identifier

85028470407 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Biosystems and Biorobotics

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46532-6_57

e-ISSN

21953570

ISSN

21953562

First Page

349

Last Page

353

Volume

16

Grant

90RE5021

Fund Ref

Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation

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