Development and Evaluation of a Rehabilitation Wheelchair with Multiposture Transformation and Smart Control
Stroke and other neurological disorders have an effect on mobility which has a significant impact on independence and quality of life. The core rehabilitation requirements for patients with lower limb motor dysfunction are gait training, restand, and mobility. In this work, we introduce a newly deve...
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| author | Wujing Cao Hongliu Yu Xinyu Wu Sujiao Li Qiaoling Meng Chunjie Chen |
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| description | Stroke and other neurological disorders have an effect on mobility which has a significant impact on independence and quality of life. The core rehabilitation requirements for patients with lower limb motor dysfunction are gait training, restand, and mobility. In this work, we introduce a newly developed multifunctional wheelchair that we call “ReChair” and evaluated its performance preliminarily. ReChair seamlessly integrates the mobility, gait training, and multiposture transformation. ReChair driving and multiposture transformation are done using the voice, button, and mobile terminal control. This work describes the functional requirements, mechanical structure, and control system and the overall evaluation of ReChair including the kinematic simulation of the multiposture transformation and passive lower limb rehabilitation training to quantitatively verify the motion capability of ReChair, the voice control system evaluation that shows how the voice recognition system is suitable for home environment, the sensorless speed detection test results that indicate how the wheel speeds measured by sensorless method are appropriate for travelling control, and the passive and balance training test results that show how the lower limb rehabilitation training in daily life by ReChair is convenient. Finally, the experimental results show that ReChair meets the patients’ requirements and has practical significance. It is cost-effective, easy to use, and supports multiple control modes to adapt to different rehabilitation phases. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5e10a14ec7284e928a8c797f2ac6c0232025-02-03T01:04:13ZengWileyComplexity1076-27871099-05262021-01-01202110.1155/2021/66288026628802Development and Evaluation of a Rehabilitation Wheelchair with Multiposture Transformation and Smart ControlWujing Cao0Hongliu Yu1Xinyu Wu2Sujiao Li3Qiaoling Meng4Chunjie Chen5Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Robotics and Intelligent System, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518005, ChinaRehabilitation Engineering and Technology Institute, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, ChinaGuangdong Provincial Key Lab of Robotics and Intelligent System, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518005, ChinaRehabilitation Engineering and Technology Institute, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, ChinaRehabilitation Engineering and Technology Institute, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, ChinaGuangdong Provincial Key Lab of Robotics and Intelligent System, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518005, ChinaStroke and other neurological disorders have an effect on mobility which has a significant impact on independence and quality of life. The core rehabilitation requirements for patients with lower limb motor dysfunction are gait training, restand, and mobility. In this work, we introduce a newly developed multifunctional wheelchair that we call “ReChair” and evaluated its performance preliminarily. ReChair seamlessly integrates the mobility, gait training, and multiposture transformation. ReChair driving and multiposture transformation are done using the voice, button, and mobile terminal control. This work describes the functional requirements, mechanical structure, and control system and the overall evaluation of ReChair including the kinematic simulation of the multiposture transformation and passive lower limb rehabilitation training to quantitatively verify the motion capability of ReChair, the voice control system evaluation that shows how the voice recognition system is suitable for home environment, the sensorless speed detection test results that indicate how the wheel speeds measured by sensorless method are appropriate for travelling control, and the passive and balance training test results that show how the lower limb rehabilitation training in daily life by ReChair is convenient. Finally, the experimental results show that ReChair meets the patients’ requirements and has practical significance. It is cost-effective, easy to use, and supports multiple control modes to adapt to different rehabilitation phases.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6628802 |
| spellingShingle | Wujing Cao Hongliu Yu Xinyu Wu Sujiao Li Qiaoling Meng Chunjie Chen Development and Evaluation of a Rehabilitation Wheelchair with Multiposture Transformation and Smart Control Complexity |
| title | Development and Evaluation of a Rehabilitation Wheelchair with Multiposture Transformation and Smart Control |
| title_full | Development and Evaluation of a Rehabilitation Wheelchair with Multiposture Transformation and Smart Control |
| title_fullStr | Development and Evaluation of a Rehabilitation Wheelchair with Multiposture Transformation and Smart Control |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and Evaluation of a Rehabilitation Wheelchair with Multiposture Transformation and Smart Control |
| title_short | Development and Evaluation of a Rehabilitation Wheelchair with Multiposture Transformation and Smart Control |
| title_sort | development and evaluation of a rehabilitation wheelchair with multiposture transformation and smart control |
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