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Original Article

A power-assisted arm balancer

Pages 248-251 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

The design described in this paper arose from the need of a polio victim to be able to feed himself The patient was confined to a wheelchair. His right arm was completely paralysed, but he had limited ability to move his left arm. The arm balancer described allows the patient to swing his left arm freely in a horizontal plane, and also enables him to move his arm vertically, with power assistance under his own control.

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