Title: Assistive device to draw pictures for patients with progressive muscular dystrophy,Improvement of electromotive easel and development of electromotive suspended-arm equipment
Author: Hiroshi Iijima, ----- Tanaka, Takurou Hatakeyama, Moroyuki Matsuno, Masako Ootake, Yoshitomo Wakai, Kenichi Matsushita, Kazunori Mochihara, Haruyasu Ootsuka
Proceedings of 12th Japanese Conference of Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology . Vol. 12, pp. 259-262 (August, 1997)
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Hiroshi Iijima
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Abstract:
An electromotive easel and an electromotive suspended-arm equipment for limb disordered patients due to progressive muscular dystrophy have been developed. The patient can move up, down, left, and right the easel with a 8 channeled switch. Also, he or she can raise up, incline, rotate left, and rotate right the easel. In the case of suspended-arm equipment, electric-powered cylinder moves arm up and down using suspending string. Such devices were actually evaluated by a painter who has progressive muscular dystrophy. He could recall the sense of movement before the dystrophy had become serious.