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DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF REHABILITATION DEVICE FOR
HEMIPARETIC PATIENTS
KHAIRUL FADZLI BIN SAMAT
A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the
requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Engineering (Mechanical)
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
FEBRUARY 2012
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To my beloved mother, father and wife
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Firstly, I would like to express my greatest gratitude to Allah S.W.T., for His
will, this project has finally completed. Thousands of thanks to my supervisor, Assoc.
Prof. Dr Mohamed Hussein for his kind and patience, his valuable advices, concern,
guidance and support throughout the process of completing my master project.
Nevertheless, my great appreciation dedicated to my wife Yuhaniz binti Anuar for all her
helps and encouragement that she had given to me.
I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to my parents and family, who
had continuously giving out their support financially and emotionally for me to complete
my project. Also lots of thanks to my dearest friends and lectures for all the knowledge,
helps, and guidance to complete this project. I am also indebted to Universiti Teknikal
Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) for its financial support and assistance on various matters.
Last but not least, I have the greatest hope that my master project, ‘Design and
Development of Rehabilitation Device for Hemiparetic Patients’ will give its benefit in
making more discovery of new technology in the future.
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ABSTRACT
In this thesis, the development of rehabilitation device for patients who
encounter walking weakness due to post-stroke effect is presented. . In order to
design an efficient new mechanism, studies were carried out regarding kinematic of
human walking. In the study, the motion of a healthy physical subject in walking
situation of 1 km/h speed is used as guide to design the device. Thereafter, a
mechanism was developed to produce similar motion. The device functions to
actuate knee and hip rotation. The device is driven by a single actuator to drive both
the hip and the knee joints mechanism. The kinematic analysis of constructed
device has been performed and the results conformed the functionality of the
suggested mechanism. The fabricated prototype shows the combination of DC
motor and cam mechanism can actuated the movement of hip and knee joint
simultaneously and may significantly reduced the power consumption. The
computer based controller has also been developed with simple and practical
application. With the combination of the controller and the fabricated model, the
output profile of the rehabilitation device is acceptable by comparing with profile of
actual data.
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ABSTRAK
Dalam tesis ini, pembangunan rekaan peranti pemulihan untuk pesakit-
pesakit yang mengalami gajala lemah untuk berjalan disebabkan oleh kesan sakit
strok dibentangkan. Dalam usaha untuk mereka bentuk mekanisma baru yang
cekap, kajian telah dijalankan berkaitan dengan kinematik manusia berjalan. Dalam
kajian ini, profil pergerakan subjek yang sihat dengan kelajuan 1 km/h digunakan
sebagai panduan untuk reka bentuk peranti. Oleh itu, satu mekanisma telah
dibangunkan untuk menghasilkan pergerakan yang sama. Peranti berfungsi untuk
menggerakkan pergerakan lutut dan pangkal peha yang dipacu oleh satu putaran
motor. Analisis kinematik peranti yang dibina telah dijalankan dan semua
keputusan menepati fungsi mekanisma yang disyorkan. Prototaip yang dibina
membuktikan bahawa gabungan DC motor dan mekanisma cam boleh
menggerakkan pergerakan kaki untuk berjalan dan pada masa yang sama kurang
menggunakan sumber kuasa. Kawalan berasaskan komputer juga telah dibangunkan
dengan penggunaan yang mudah dan praktikal. Dengan kombinasi kawalan dan
model peranti yang telah direka, profil pergerakan bagi proses pemulihan dapat
dihasilkan dan diterima pakai apabila ia dibandingkan dengan profil data sebenar.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER TITLE PAGE
DECLARATION OF THESIS ii
DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
ABSTRACT v
ABSTRAK vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
LIST OF TABLES ix
LIST OF FIGURES x
LIST OF SYMBOLS xiv
LIST OF APPENDICES xvi
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the problem 1
1.2 Statement of the problem 2
1.3 Objective of the study 3
1.4 Scope of the study 3
1.5 Significant of the study 4
1.6 Research Methodology 4
1.6.1 Procedure of the Project 4
1.6.2 Flow chart of the Project 6
1.6.3 Project Schedule 7
2 THEORY AND LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Kinematics of Lower Extremity 8
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2.2 Gait Cycle 9
2.3 Powered Exoskeleton and Orthosis Device 15
2.4 Orthotics help prevent and heal injuries 16
2.5 Active Devices of Exoskeletons or Orthoses for
Patients with Hemiplegia 16
2.6 Other Research 23
3 METHODOLOGY
3.1 Development of Design Model 28
3.1.1 Design Specification 29
3.1.2 Conceptual Design 31
3.1.3 Concept Evaluation and Selection 38
3.1.4 Final Design Model 42
3.1.5 Designation of Cam 54
3.2 Fabricated Model 61
3.4 Experimental Setup 63
4 RESULT AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Force Analysis 66
4.2 Computer Based Controller 72
4.3 Experimental Results and Discussion 74
4.4 Validation 77
4.4.1 Kinematic Analysis of Link 78
4.4.2 Kinematic Analysis of Link 81
5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 Conclusion 93
5.2 Recommendation of Future Work 95
REFERENCES 96
APPENDICES (A-B) 100-117
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LIST OF TABLES
FIGURE NO. TITLE PAGE
1.1 Project schedule for Master Project 1 7
1.2 Project schedule for Master Project 2 7
2.1 Descriptions of Gait Sub-Phases 11
3.1 Weighted Decision Matrix 40
3.2 Relation Angle versus Linear Motion 53
4.1 Maximum Force at Thigh Link 65
4.2 Maximum Force at Inline Follower 67
4.3 Maximum Force at Shaft Follower 68
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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE NO. TITLE PAGE
1.1 Flow chart of Project 6
2.1 Kinematic angles definition 9
2.2 Phases of the gait cycle 11
2.3 Location of each joint angle [3] 13
2.4 Ankle, knee, and hip joint angular position presented as
Angle 1, Angle 2 and Angle 3 respectively [3] 13
2.5 Comparable of profiles of hip joint angles for normal human
walking on treadmill 14
2.6 Comparable of profiles of knee joint angles for normal
human walking on treadmill 14
2.7 Active devices of exoskeleton/orthosis for patients with
Hemiplegia. Examples are Lokomat robotic gait orthosis
(Hocoma, AG , Volketswil, Switzerland) [10], Prototype
SBO orthosis [11] and Powered leg orthosis [12] shown in a,
b and c, respectively 19
2.8 Active devices of exoskeleton/orthosis for patients with
Hemiplegia. Examples are Hybrid Assistive Limb suit
(HAL-5), Hybrid Assistive Leg-3 or HAL-3 [15] and
Powered Gait Orthosis (PGO) with a tests subject/patient
[17] shown in a, b and c, respectively 21
2.9 Active devices of exoskeleton/orthosis for patients with
Hemiplegia. Examples are knee-ankle foot orthosis (KAFO)
with artificial pneumatic muscles [18] and a leg exoskeleton
with an MR actuator [19] shown in a and b, respectively
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2.10 Passive devices of exoskeleton/orthosis for patients with
Hemiplegia. Examples are Horton Stance Control Orthosis
[20] [21] and Otto Bock Free Walk shown in a and b,
respectively
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2.11 Passive devices of exoskeleton/orthosis for patients with
Hemiplegia. Mechanisms of gravity-activated Fillauer Swing
Phase Lock with pawl weighted [27], Swing Phase Lock 2
[29] and a magnetically activated one-way dog clutch [30]
shown in a, b and c, respectively 27
3.1 Design Concept 1 32
3.2 Design Concept 2 33
3.3 Design Concept 3 34
3.4 Design Concept 4 35
3.5 Design Concept 5 37
3.6 Final Design of Rehabilitation Device 42
3.7 Perspective View of Rehabilitation Device 43
3.8 Side View of Rehabilitation Device 44
3.9 Perspective View of Thigh Links 45
3.10 Perspective View of Shank Links 47
3.11 Exploded View of Hip Joint Assembly 49
3.12 Perspective View of Waist Frames and Hip Assembly
Embodiment 50
3.13 Perspective View of Actuators System 51
3.14 Side View of Actuators System 52
3.15 General procedure to develop a cam profile 55
3.16 Relation between Angle and Linear Motion 56
3.17 Relative difference of knee angle 56
3.18 Displacement Diagram of Cam 57
3.19 Shifted position of Displacement Diagram 58
3.20 Base circle Rb, prime circle Rp, and pitch curve of a radial
cam with roller follower 58
3.21 Cam pressure angle and forces in a radial cam with offset
translating roller follower 59
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3.22 Modeling stage of the cam profile 61
3.23 Front view and side view of fabricated model 62
3.24 View of movements for the fabricated model (prototype) 63
3.25 Experimental setup for data collection 64
3.26 Brushless DC Motor (AXH450-GFH4G200) 64
3.27 Data Acquisition Device and Motor Driver 65
3.28 Angular potentiometer (100kΩ) and related angular position
for data collection(knee angle) shown in a and b respectively 65
4.1 Stress Distribution on Thigh Link 66
4.2 Displacement of Thigh Link 66
4.3 Stress Distribution on Inline Follower 67
4.4 Displacement of Inline Follower 67
4.5 Stress Distribution on Shaft Follower 68
4.6 Meshing of Shaft Follower 68
4.7 Displacement of Shaft Follower 69
4.8 Manual Operation 70
4.9 Operation by Timer 71
4.10 Comparison between Experimental Data and Actual Data for
Hip Angles 72
4.11 Data obtained from potentiometer 72
4.12 Comparison between Experimental Data and Actual Data for
Knee Angles 73
4.13 Comparison between Experimental Data and Actual Data
(following the Gait Cycle Position) 74
4.14 Label of linkages, joint and rotation 75
4.15 Kinematic study Link1 and Link2 76
4.16 Angular Displacement of Link 1 for one cycle 78
4.17 Angular Velocity of Link 1 for one cycle 78
4.18 Absolute Velocity of Link 1 for one cycle 79
4.19 Interpolated follower displacement and real data for one
cycle 80
4.20 The absolute velocity of VA1 for one cycle 80
4.21 The absolute velocity of VA2 for one cycle 81
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4.22 The absolute velocity of VA for one cycle 82
4.23 Case 1-Velocity vector diagram for knee joint 83
4.24 Case 2-Velocity vector diagram for knee joint 83
4.25 Case 3-Velocity vector diagram for knee joint 84
4.26 Case 4-Velocity vector diagram for knee joint 84
4.27 Case 5-Velocity vector diagram for knee joint 85
4.28 Case 1-Velocity vector diagram for ankle joint 86
4.29 Case 2-Velocity vector diagram for ankle joint 86
4.30 Case 3-Velocity vector diagram for ankle joint 87
4.31 Case 4-Velocity vector diagram for ankle joint 87
4.32 Case 5-Velocity vector diagram for ankle joint 88
4.33 Definitive absolute velocity of VAnkle for one cycle 88
4.34 Definitive angular position of knee for one cycle 89
4.35 Definitive angular position of hip for one cycle 89
4.36 Actual data of knee and hip angles 89
4.37 Human step size during each stage of the gait 90
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LIST OF SYMBOLS
� - Angle
Rb - Base circle of cam
Rp - Prime circle of cam or radius on the cam
∅ - Pressure angle of the cam
V - Velocity
s - Instantaneous displacement of the follower
�� - Time derivative in units of length per second
� - Velocity of the follower in units of length per radian
� - Angular speed
b - The distance to the instant center of the cam
� - Eccentricity
L - Length
d - Displacement
Pa - Pascal
Abbreviations
PT - Physical Therapy
OT - Occupational Therapy
SBO - Spring Brake Orthosis
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhAFO - Power harvesting ankle-foot orthosis
HAL-5 - Hybrid Assistive Limb Suit
HAL-3 - Hybrid Assistive Leg-3
DC - Direct Current
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PC - Personal Computer
PGO - Powered Gait Orthosis
KAFO - Knee-ankle foot orthosis
AFO - Ankle-foot-orthosis
MR - Magnetorheological
SCKAFO - Stance-control knee-ankle-foot orthosis
SCOKJ - Stance Control Orthotic Knee Joint
GUI - Graphical User Interface
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LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX TITLE PAGE
A Engineering Drawing 100
B Main Code for GUI: Microsoft Visual -C++ 105
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the problem
According to fact, stroke disease is reported as the second biggest cause of
death worldwide. A stroke occurs when blood supply to part of the brain is
disrupted, causing brain cells to die [1]. Although stroke is a disease of the brain, it
can affect the entire body. Some of the disabilities that can result from a stroke
include paralysis, cognitive deficits, speech problems, emotional difficulties, daily
living problems, and pain. Paralysis is a common disability that results from stroke.
Paralysis can be on any part of the body. Paralysis on one side of the body is called
Hemiplegia. However, there is another type of paralysis that relates to one-sided
weakness, which is called Hemiparesis. The weakness may affect only the arm, face
or leg.
Basically, there are three types of treatments for stroke: prevention, therapy
directly after stroke, and post-stroke rehabilitation. Hemiparesis patient can be able
to walk again if a right rehabilitation therapy is applied. That is why the third stage
of stroke treatment (post-stroke rehabilitation) is important for the post-stroke
patients to prevent disabilities damage from becoming more serious. There are four
types of post-stroke rehabilitation: Physical Therapy (PT), Occupational Therapy
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(OT), Speech Therapy and Psychological/Psychiatric Therapy. If a stroke patient
has a problem of walking weakness, generally the treatments of Physical Therapy
and Psychological or Psychiatric Therapy are used to cure disabilities. Usually
Physical Therapy consists of scheduled training, exercises and physical
manipulation of the stroke patient’s body with the intent of restore movement,
balance, and coordination.
As stroke patients frequently have difficulty with everyday functional
movement and activities; the lost of function can be decreased through rehabilitation
therapy during the critical post-stroke period. Such rehabilitation therapy involves
carefully designed repetitive exercise, which can be passive and active. In passive
exercise, the therapist or a robot actively helps the patient to repeatedly move the
stroke-affected limb as prescribe. In active exercises, the patient does the work by
him/herself, with no physical assistance. From that particular therapist, assistive
robotic technology has the potential to provide novel means for monitoring,
motivating and coaching.
1.2 Statement of the problem
There are several methods of training for the physical therapy such as using a
rehabilitation device. Most of the rehabilitation devices currently used high power
consumption to perform the therapy and having a complex control system. This
may be solved by proposing a new design of mechanism for the rehabilitation
device. The rehabilitation device should provide a physical assistance through
rehabilitation therapy to increase the possibility to cure the walking weakness.
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1.3 Objective of the study
The objectives of this project are:
To design and develop a rehabilitation device base on the best selected
mechanism of knee and hip joint
To fabricate a prototype for testing the functioning of the designed
mechanism
To develop a computer-based control system for the rehabilitation device
system
1.4 Scope of the study
In this study, designations of the assistive robotic system only focus on the
one side of the leg. It will encompass the development of mechanism at knee and
hip joint. In order to make sure the project will achieve the objectives stated, the
scopes of this project comprise the following aspects:
To design a device called orthosis device (known as exoskeleton) for lower
extremity (leg)
The mechanism focuses on the hip and knee joint only
The device is classified as Rehabilitation Device
The device does not support the balance of stroke patient’s body
The subject/patient is a Hemiparesis patient (leg weakness)
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1.5 Significant of the study
The results from this study has the potential to help stroke survivor in
activities they do in real life and decrease long-term healthcare costs on stroke
patients. This study is important in order to give a new hope to post-stroke patients
who had lost their ability to walk. The possibility is high to be a device that will
help any patients who experience leg weakness and disability.
1.6 Research Methodology
Basically, the project has been carried out in regular procedure of research.
This section briefly shows the general procedure of the project and the flow chart of
the project (Figure 1.1). The time consumed on the specific task and the target time
to finish the particular activity is presented in the project schedules shown in Table
1.1 and Table 1.2.
1.6.1 Procedure of the Project
i. Development of conceptual design: to conceptually design based on
data and information obtained from literature, patents, discussions,
brainstorming, and reviewing of proposed design concept.
ii. Final Design Concept: to carry out the completed engineering drawing
subsequently for kinematic analysis purpose in order to obtain the most
appropriate final design.
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iii. Fabrication of prototype: to fabricate all components based on the
completed engineering drawing, hence to test the proposed design
concept.
iv. Development of Computer-based control system: using Visual C++
to develop user interface (control) which able to handle the operation of
the device and carry out the best performance according to gait cycle of
subject/patient.
v. Testing, Performance evaluation and Validation: to carry out the
experiments (measurement of knee joint angle of the device) to evaluate
the prototype performance and validate the results of experimental knee
data angles.
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1.6.2 Flow chart of Project
Figure 1.1: Flow chart of the Project
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1.6.3 Project Schedule
Table 1.1: Project schedule for Master Project 1
Activities/
Time Scale* 1* 2* 3* 4* 5* 6* 7*
Literature Review
Development of
Conceptual Design
Final Conceptual
Design
Kinematic Study (Model)
Prototype
Fabrication
Report Writing
*1 unit = 2 weeks
Table 1.2: Project schedule for Master Project 2
Activities/
Time Scale* 1* 2* 3* 4* 5* 6* 7*
Modification
Development of
Controller
Performance Testing and Data Collection
Data Analysis
Report Writing
*1 unit = 2 weeks
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