Passive Rehabilitation System for Upper Limb Recovery

This article describes the development of an elbow rehabilitation system for people with neurodegenerative pathologies, such as stroke. This system help the patient recover the movement and carry out daily activities. This research work focuses on the link between design, medical rehabilitation, and other specific concepts that make this system portable, ergonomic and visually acceptable for the rehabilitation patient. The complement between these parts will result in an efficient movement recovery process. It is important to highlight that in this system the patient will not depend on a large device or sophisticated technologies to carry out the rehabilitation process.