Design of a Device for Lower Limb Prophylaxis and Exercise
The problem of immobility of legs leading to a potentially life threatening condition including deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is well known. The reduced mobility of leg affects a large number of patients in a wide range of clinical scenarios spanning from swelling of the legs to pulmonary embolism. I...
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| author | K. Vinay Krishna Nagaraj H. R. Arvinda V. Vikas Madhav Rao |
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| description | The problem of immobility of legs leading to a potentially life threatening condition including deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is well known. The reduced mobility of leg affects a large number of patients in a wide range of clinical scenarios spanning from swelling of the legs to pulmonary embolism. In normal human beings, an elegant system of venous return, both active and passive is responsible for prevention of deep venous thrombosis. The paper proposes a prophylaxis and exercise device that mimics the natural principles of venous return to promote the blood flow. The device is based on electromechanical actuation, and simultaneous alternating compression mechanism, that is compact and, suitably form fitted in design and additionally requires no specialised training for the usage. The device was tested on a healthy volunteer on two different days and findings support the efficacy of the prophylaxis and exercise device in significantly improving the blood flow rate in the lower limb. The prototype device is considered as a major step towards designing a clinically validated lower limb device. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c36629b01ad4569a2bf23e9554554cc2022-12-21T23:01:57ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine2168-23722021-01-0191710.1109/JTEHM.2020.30370189252916Design of a Device for Lower Limb Prophylaxis and ExerciseK. Vinay0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7795-9231Krishna Nagaraj1H. R. Arvinda2V. Vikas3Madhav Rao4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2278-9148Surgical and Assistive Robotics Laboratory, IIIT-Bangalore, Bengaluru, IndiaSurgical and Assistive Robotics Laboratory, IIIT-Bangalore, Bengaluru, IndiaDepartment of Neuroradiology, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, IndiaSurgical and Assistive Robotics Laboratory, IIIT-Bangalore, Bengaluru, IndiaThe problem of immobility of legs leading to a potentially life threatening condition including deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is well known. The reduced mobility of leg affects a large number of patients in a wide range of clinical scenarios spanning from swelling of the legs to pulmonary embolism. In normal human beings, an elegant system of venous return, both active and passive is responsible for prevention of deep venous thrombosis. The paper proposes a prophylaxis and exercise device that mimics the natural principles of venous return to promote the blood flow. The device is based on electromechanical actuation, and simultaneous alternating compression mechanism, that is compact and, suitably form fitted in design and additionally requires no specialised training for the usage. The device was tested on a healthy volunteer on two different days and findings support the efficacy of the prophylaxis and exercise device in significantly improving the blood flow rate in the lower limb. The prototype device is considered as a major step towards designing a clinically validated lower limb device.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9252916/Blood flowlower limbprophylaxisrehabilitation |
| spellingShingle | K. Vinay Krishna Nagaraj H. R. Arvinda V. Vikas Madhav Rao Design of a Device for Lower Limb Prophylaxis and Exercise IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine Blood flow lower limb prophylaxis rehabilitation |
| title | Design of a Device for Lower Limb Prophylaxis and Exercise |
| title_full | Design of a Device for Lower Limb Prophylaxis and Exercise |
| title_fullStr | Design of a Device for Lower Limb Prophylaxis and Exercise |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of a Device for Lower Limb Prophylaxis and Exercise |
| title_short | Design of a Device for Lower Limb Prophylaxis and Exercise |
| title_sort | design of a device for lower limb prophylaxis and exercise |
| topic | Blood flow lower limb prophylaxis rehabilitation |
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