OBJECTIVES The hand is one of the main elements of the rehabilitation of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) due to deformities, which occur in approximately 90% of patients. It is a serious problem, both in the psychological and functional aspect, connected with muscle strength reduction, a limited range of motion and non-acceptance of the changes in the shape of the limb. The study aimed ...

development of monitoring systems to fault detection, in offensive and defensive systems, uav, aircraft and other complex systems technically make it possible and favorable, predictive diagnosis of faults. health management model and predict equipment failures (phm) were created in recent years by formation a strong bond of science in engineering, computer and reliability. for this reason, more...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Community sports activities are performed by people in the community environment, using beneficial factors such as equipment, facilities, and natural resources to improve their body structure functions, activity participation levels. Objective: The thesis studies how use framework theory of “International Classification Functions, Disability Health” World Health Organizat...

The use of computers and technology to treat patients with developmental problems or rehabilitation needs is an emerging field. Implementation of such treatment methods however has not traditionally been easy, requiring expensive equipment, significant programming experience and the time of trained medical professionals. The release of gaming systems with natural user interfaces has opened up n...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the specific type of occupational therapy intervention used by occupational therapists during inpatient stroke rehabilitation in one midwestern U.S. hospital to determine the frequency of prefunctional versus functional activity use. METHOD A retrospective chart analysis was conducted of clients who received inpatient stroke rehabilitation between January 2003 and Ju...

As modern society becomes increasingly more elderly, developing specialized equipment to assist this growing population in everyday tasks becomes more and more important. Here we have developed a passive gravity balanced arm support system. It was designed to assist the arm motion of elderly people with disabilities. The system consists of the joints and the link and the gas springs. This is a ...

Accurate motion recognition is essential for assist devices such as exoskeletons to achieve human-robot communion. However, at present, the technology of lower limb pattern still has problems small amount data and low accuracy. In this paper, was taken object, surface electromyography (sEMG) signals five gaits going upstairs without weight, downstairs with walking on a level weight were collect...