The Design of a Dexterous Gripper to be Used for Activities of Daily Living by People With Upper-Extremity Disabilities

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Redwan Alqasemi ◽  
Sebastian Mahler ◽  
Rajiv Dubey
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
The Other ◽  
Robotic Arm ◽  
Driving Mechanism ◽  
Actuation Mechanism ◽  
Parallel Motion ◽  
Different Shapes ◽  
Wheelchair Mounted Robotic Arm

A new robotic gripper was designed and constructed for Activities of Daily Living (ADL) to be used with the new Wheelchair-Mounted Robotic Arm developed at USF. Two aspects of the new gripper made it unique; one is the design of the paddles, and the other is the design of the actuation mechanism that produces parallel motion for effective gripping. The paddles of the gripper were designed to grasp a wide variety objects with different shapes and sizes that are used in every day life. The driving mechanism was designed to be simple, light, effective, safe, self content, and independent of the robotic arm attached to it.

Autonomous Control and Simulation of a Wheelchair Mounted Robotic Arm Performing Activities of Daily Living Tasks

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian Farelo ◽  
Redwan Alqasemi ◽  
Rajiv Dubey
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Robotic Arm ◽  
Servo Drive ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Mobility Impaired ◽  
Wheelchair Mounted Robotic Arm

A wheelchair-mounted robotic arm was designed and developed to enhance the capabilities of mobility-impaired persons with limited upper extremities limitations exceeding previous models specifications and performance [1]. The major enhancements of the wheelchair’s mechanical design are the incorporation of DC servo drive with encoders at each individual joint. The arm has seven degrees of freedom (DoF) and is side-mounted on a power wheelchair (fig 1). The control system allows coordinated Cartesian control, and offers expandability for research in combined mobility and manipulation. This paper discusses the control scheme and a virtual simulation of the existing WMRA prototype performing several activities of daily living.

Kinematic analysis and dexterity evaluation of upper extremity in activities of daily living

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenbin Chen ◽  
Caihua Xiong ◽  
Xiaolin Huang ◽  
Ronglei Sun ◽  
Youlun Xiong
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Kinematic Analysis ◽  
Daily Living

Activities of Daily Living Board for the Upper Extremity Amputee*

1962 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 517-517
Author(s):  
Eugene C. Rembe ◽  
Corinne Terhune Ellingham
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Daily Living

scholarly journals Prevalence and correlates of psychiatric morbidity in Egyptian sample of dementia patients’ caregivers: a comparative descriptive study

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasser Abd El Razek ◽  
Walaa Sabry ◽  
Heba Hendawy ◽  
Dalia Hegazy ◽  
Marwa Soultan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Dementia Caregivers ◽  
Axis I ◽  
Caregiver Group

Abstract Background A strong relationship between dementia caregiving and negative consequences on psychological health of caregivers has been established in numerous studies. A meticulous evaluation of caregiver mental status function is of utmost importance to gain better insight into daily caregiver functioning and to alleviate their high levels of burden. This study evaluated the prevalence of psychiatric morbidities and their sociodemographic and clinical correlates among a sample of dementia caregivers in Egypt. Twenty-five caregivers of patients with dementia were collected and compared with regard to their psychiatric morbidity with 25 careers of patients with chronic physical diseases. Patients were subjected to Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Arabic versions of activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), and caregivers were interviewed using the Arabic version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I), and Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI). Results Caregiver’s burden was significantly higher among the dementia caregiver group than the non-dementia group. Moreover, dementia caregivers provided more aid with a higher total of ADLs and provided help for more IADLs than did the non-dementia caregivers. They also showed higher psychiatric morbidity. Such morbidity was found to be related to hours of caring, years of caring, GHQ, ZBI, ADL/IADL, BPSD, and MMSE. On the other hand, ADL, IADL, and GHQ scores had the highest predictive significance of caregiver’s burden in our study. Conclusions Caregivers of patients with dementia are subjected to more burden and vulnerability to psychiatric disorders than the other caregiver group. That should raise a flag to pay extra support and care for those people, which in turn will benefit both the patient and the health care authorities in terms of quality and cost of the care provided.

Shoulder Joint Replacement and Upper Extremity Activities of Daily Living

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Hendrik Bruttel ◽  
David M. Spranz ◽  
Jan M. Eckerle ◽  
Michael W. Maier
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Upper Extremity ◽  
Joint Replacement ◽  
Shoulder Joint ◽  
Daily Living
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