Design and development of a gravity-balanced device for the upper limb

Patients suffer with neuromuscular diseases often have limited muscle force, and many rely on mobile arm supports to move their arms. In this paper, the author purposes a device to balance the upper limb to eliminate the effect of gravity force on the upper limb. The designed device includes the fol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foo, Danny Chen Hui.
Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/50962