Implementation of skateboard for arm movement rehabilitation of stroke patients

The objectives of this research were (1) to design and implement a skateboard for arm movement rehabilitation, (2) to apply a skateboard in stroke patients who need constant restoration of arm movements, (3) to produce cost-effective rehabilitation tools, (4) to provide guidelines for the development of medical applications with a skateboard for arm movement rehabilitation which can work in all four modes in the direction of the arm movements. The first mode consisted of the movement in the left-right direction, the second mode was the movement in the forward-backward direction, the third mode moved in the circular direction, and the fourth mode moved in number 8-shapaed direction (clockwise and counterclockwise).The developed skateboard could adjust the speed of the movement of three levels including LOW, MEDIUM and HIGH to meet the patients’ needs. The number of physical therapy sessions can also be set as needed. There was also an LCD display for ease of use. It could be concluded that skateboard could properly rehabilitate arm movement at the desired direction and speed. The skateboard could be able to meet the basic needs of the weak arm exercise. Moreover, there was also a display making it easy for users to quickly access information, reducing the duration of patient treatment. It also could excellently reduce the workload of physical therapists.

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W artykule przedstawiono wykorzystanie deskorolki do rehabilitacji pacjentów z niedowładem ręki po wylewie. Odpowiedni układ steruje ruchem kół napędzanych silnikiem prądu stałego. Możliwy jest ruch w dowolnym kierunku i z dowolną prędkością.

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Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).