BACKGROUND Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is one of the most common orthopaedic operations performed worldwide. Painful osteoarthritis of the hip is the primary indication for THA. Following THA, people have conventionally been provided with equipment, such as raised toilet seats and chairs, and educated to avoid activities that could cause the hip joint to be in a position of flexion over 90 deg...

Injury to finger flexor tendons or extensor digitorum tendons necessitates operations and rehabilitation to regain normal function. In this study, a system was designed to simulate the rehabilitation motions for injured finger flexor and extensor digitorum tendons, such as making a fist and extending the fingers. The dynamic system (DS) is based on a 16-segment hand model and was designed using...

In Italy, at present, a well-known problem is inhomogeneous provision of rehabilitative services, as stressed by MoH, requiring appropriate criteria and parameters to plan rehabilitation actions. According to the Italian National Rehabilitation Plan, Comorbidity, Disability and Clinical Complexity should be assessed to define the patient's real needs. However, to date, clinical complexity is st...

OBJECTIVE Driver licensing agencies are faced with an increasing population of drivers who are seeking to maintain driving privileges whilst coping with functional changes associated with health, disability, or aging-related issues. Some of these changes impact upon the motor, sensory, and cognitive capacities essential for safe motor vehicle operation. The driver assessment process, as provide...

Head injury is a common disabling condition but regrettably facilities for rehabilitation are sparse. There is now increasing evidence of the efficacy of a comprehensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation team compared to natural recovery following brain injury. This chapter outlines some basic concepts of rehabilitation and emphasises the importance of valid and reliable outcome measures. The ev...

BACKGROUND Patients requiring inpatient pediatric rehabilitation following trauma or disabling illness often require complex care after hospital discharge. The patients and their families are at risk for loss of continuity of care and increased stress which can adversely affect functional and medical outcomes. This pilot study assesses the complexity of need and difficulty with obtaining servic...

The Relationship Between Wheelchair Mobility Patterns and Community Participation Among Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury Rory A. Cooper PhD a , Eliana Ferretti PhD b , Michelle Oyster MS c , Annmarie Kelleher MSOTR/LATP a & Rosemarie Cooper MPTATP a a Human Engineering Research Laboratories, Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Re...

To solve the problems of low intera ctivity, high cost, large amount data, “difficult to quantify, difficult record, supervise, analyze” human motion detection correction devices on market today, we designed an intelligent device based Mediapipe machine learning platform and OpenCV computer Raspberry Pi, camera display. We for AI body teaching vision library. By combining chip, sensor, computin...

Gait rehabilitation using body weight support on a treadmill is a recommended rehabilitation technique for neurological injuries, such as spinal cord injury. In this paper, a new robotic orthosis is presented for treadmill training. In the presented design the criteria such as low inertia of robot components, backdrivability, high safety and degrees of freedom based on human walking are conside...

This paper describes the influence of human toe movement on blood flow and the design of a toe joint passive motion system for preventing pressure ulcers. First, we measured lower extremity blood flow in the foot during active and passive motion of the toe to facilitate the design of new rehabilitation equipment. Also, the flexion and extension angles and the force of the toe joints were measur...