Modular mechatronic system for stationary bicycles interfaced with virtual environment for rehabilitation

Virtual Environment Training System for Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients with Unilateral Neglect: Crossing the Virtual Street

In this paper, we propose a system for training of stroke patients with unilateral neglect by using technology of virtual reality (VR). The proposed system is designed to compensate for unilateral neglect. This system contains the calibration of unilateral neglect and the training of this disease. The calibration procedure is implemented by aligning the virtual object at a subjective middle lin...

A modular mechatronic system for automatic bone drilling

Drilling tools currently used in surgery depends only on the surgeon’s manual skills to stop the penetration when completing a hole. This paper presents a modular mechatronic system for automatic bone drilling in surgery. The development of a “modular system” that is compatible with motor-driven drills that are commercially available, rather than developing a new surgical drill, is emphasized. ...

Modular Mechatronic Controllers

A Virtual Environment for Post-Stroke Motor Rehabilitation

Current post-stroke motor rehabilitation is unable to significantly benefit the majority of stroke survivors, and is insufficient for the minority who are able to participate. Two components that could stimulate more motor redevelopment are increased motivation during extended therapy sessions (extended practice) and a patient perceiving normal arm movement which they control (actionobservation...

Validity of a virtual environment for stroke rehabilitation.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Virtual environments for use in stroke rehabilitation are in development, but there has been little evaluation of their suitability for this purpose. We evaluated a virtual environment developed for the rehabilitation of the task of making a hot drink. METHODS Fifty stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation in a UK hospital stroke unit were involved. The performance of ...