The goal of this project is to design a body-mounted arm orthosis that will aid individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a degenerative muscular condition. The orthosis is designed to provide powered shoulder flexion/extension, abduction/adduction, humeral rotation and elbow flexion/extension over a significant range of normal motion. A model of the orthosis was analyzed using Pro/Engineer. A detailed kinematic analysis was performed, and static and dynamic forces and moments were determined for three typical daily living motions.

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Creator

• Felice, Christopher James
• Smith, Sean Allen

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99C004M

Advisor

• Hoffman, Allen H.
• Ault, Holly Keyes

Year

• 1999

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright