Mechanical Design and Simulation of a Finger Rehabilitation Robot

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Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) has been confirmed as an effective clinical therapy for finger neurological rehabilitation. In this study a finger rehabilitation training robot is designed based on CPM rehabilitation theory. This paper presents the design and simulation of the finger rehabilitation robot. Based on the finger structure and movement trajectory analysis, OPTOTRAK CERTUS motion capture system is used to acquire trajectory parameters of normal human finger movement. Atlas method is employed to accomplish mechanism dimensional synthesis of the finger rehabilitation training robot. The feasibility of the mechanism is verified using a modeling and simulation method with SIMULINK software.

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