A Vacuum-Powered Artificial Muscle Designed for Infant Rehabilitation
The majority of soft pneumatic actuators for rehabilitation exercises have been designed for adult users. Specifically, there is a paucity of soft rehabilitative devices designed for infants with upper and lower limb motor disabilities. We present a low-profile vacuum-powered artificial muscle (LP-V...
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2021
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| author | Mendoza, Mijaíl Jaén Gollob, Samuel Dutra Lavado, Diego Koo, Bon Ho Brandon Cruz, Segundo Roche, Ellen T. Vela, Emir A. |
| author_facet | Mendoza, Mijaíl Jaén Gollob, Samuel Dutra Lavado, Diego Koo, Bon Ho Brandon Cruz, Segundo Roche, Ellen T. Vela, Emir A. |
| author_sort | Mendoza, Mijaíl Jaén |
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| description | The majority of soft pneumatic actuators for rehabilitation exercises have been designed for adult users. Specifically, there is a paucity of soft rehabilitative devices designed for infants with upper and lower limb motor disabilities. We present a low-profile vacuum-powered artificial muscle (LP-VPAM) with dimensions suitable for infants. The actuator produced a maximum force of 26 N at vacuum pressures of −40 kPa. When implemented in an experimental model of an infant leg in an antagonistic-agonist configuration to measure resultant knee flexion, the actuator generated knee flexion angles of 43° and 61° in the prone and side-lying position, respectively. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1366952021-11-01T14:36:57Z A Vacuum-Powered Artificial Muscle Designed for Infant Rehabilitation Mendoza, Mijaíl Jaén Gollob, Samuel Dutra Lavado, Diego Koo, Bon Ho Brandon Cruz, Segundo Roche, Ellen T. Vela, Emir A. The majority of soft pneumatic actuators for rehabilitation exercises have been designed for adult users. Specifically, there is a paucity of soft rehabilitative devices designed for infants with upper and lower limb motor disabilities. We present a low-profile vacuum-powered artificial muscle (LP-VPAM) with dimensions suitable for infants. The actuator produced a maximum force of 26 N at vacuum pressures of −40 kPa. When implemented in an experimental model of an infant leg in an antagonistic-agonist configuration to measure resultant knee flexion, the actuator generated knee flexion angles of 43° and 61° in the prone and side-lying position, respectively. 2021-10-28T13:39:13Z 2021-10-28T13:39:13Z 2021-08-16 2021-08-26T13:27:42Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/136695 Micromachines 12 (8): 971 (2021) PUBLISHER_CC http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi12080971 Creative Commons Attribution https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| spellingShingle | Mendoza, Mijaíl Jaén Gollob, Samuel Dutra Lavado, Diego Koo, Bon Ho Brandon Cruz, Segundo Roche, Ellen T. Vela, Emir A. A Vacuum-Powered Artificial Muscle Designed for Infant Rehabilitation |
| title | A Vacuum-Powered Artificial Muscle Designed for Infant Rehabilitation |
| title_full | A Vacuum-Powered Artificial Muscle Designed for Infant Rehabilitation |
| title_fullStr | A Vacuum-Powered Artificial Muscle Designed for Infant Rehabilitation |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Vacuum-Powered Artificial Muscle Designed for Infant Rehabilitation |
| title_short | A Vacuum-Powered Artificial Muscle Designed for Infant Rehabilitation |
| title_sort | vacuum powered artificial muscle designed for infant rehabilitation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/136695 |
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