Cargando…
Design and Development of a Novel Upper-Limb Cycling Prosthesis
The rise in popularity of the Paralympics in recent years has created a need for effective, low-cost sports-prosthetic devices for upper-limb amputees. There are various opportunities for lower-limb amputees to participate in cycling; however, there are only few options for those with upper-limb amp...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2017
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5746756/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29144392 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering4040089 |
_version_ | 1783289160547696640 |
---|---|
author | Tiele, Akira Soni-Sadar, Shivam Rowbottom, Jack Patel, Shilen Mathewson, Edward Pearson, Samuel Hutchins, David Head, John Hutchins, Stephen |
author_facet | Tiele, Akira Soni-Sadar, Shivam Rowbottom, Jack Patel, Shilen Mathewson, Edward Pearson, Samuel Hutchins, David Head, John Hutchins, Stephen |
author_sort | Tiele, Akira |
collection | PubMed |
description | The rise in popularity of the Paralympics in recent years has created a need for effective, low-cost sports-prosthetic devices for upper-limb amputees. There are various opportunities for lower-limb amputees to participate in cycling; however, there are only few options for those with upper-limb amputations. If the individual previously participated in cycling, a cycling-specific prosthesis could allow these activities to be integrated into rehabilitation methods. This article describes the processes involved with designing, developing and manufacturing such a prosthesis. The fundamental needs of people with upper-limb amputation were assessed and realised in the prototype of a transradial terminal device with two release mechanisms, including a sliding mechanism (for falls and minor collisions) and clamping mechanism (for head-on collisions). The sliding mechanism requires the rider to exert approximately 200 N, while the clamping mechanism requires about 700 N. The force ranges can be customised to match rider requirements. Experiments were conducted in a controlled environment to demonstrate stability of the device during normal cycling. Moreover, a volunteer test-rider was able to successfully activate the release mechanism during a simulated emergency scenario. The development of this prosthesis has the potential to enable traumatic upper-limb amputees to participate in cycling for rehabilitation or recreation. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-5746756 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2017 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-57467562018-01-03 Design and Development of a Novel Upper-Limb Cycling Prosthesis Tiele, Akira Soni-Sadar, Shivam Rowbottom, Jack Patel, Shilen Mathewson, Edward Pearson, Samuel Hutchins, David Head, John Hutchins, Stephen Bioengineering (Basel) Article The rise in popularity of the Paralympics in recent years has created a need for effective, low-cost sports-prosthetic devices for upper-limb amputees. There are various opportunities for lower-limb amputees to participate in cycling; however, there are only few options for those with upper-limb amputations. If the individual previously participated in cycling, a cycling-specific prosthesis could allow these activities to be integrated into rehabilitation methods. This article describes the processes involved with designing, developing and manufacturing such a prosthesis. The fundamental needs of people with upper-limb amputation were assessed and realised in the prototype of a transradial terminal device with two release mechanisms, including a sliding mechanism (for falls and minor collisions) and clamping mechanism (for head-on collisions). The sliding mechanism requires the rider to exert approximately 200 N, while the clamping mechanism requires about 700 N. The force ranges can be customised to match rider requirements. Experiments were conducted in a controlled environment to demonstrate stability of the device during normal cycling. Moreover, a volunteer test-rider was able to successfully activate the release mechanism during a simulated emergency scenario. The development of this prosthesis has the potential to enable traumatic upper-limb amputees to participate in cycling for rehabilitation or recreation. MDPI 2017-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5746756/ /pubmed/29144392 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering4040089 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Tiele, Akira Soni-Sadar, Shivam Rowbottom, Jack Patel, Shilen Mathewson, Edward Pearson, Samuel Hutchins, David Head, John Hutchins, Stephen Design and Development of a Novel Upper-Limb Cycling Prosthesis |
title | Design and Development of a Novel Upper-Limb Cycling Prosthesis |
title_full | Design and Development of a Novel Upper-Limb Cycling Prosthesis |
title_fullStr | Design and Development of a Novel Upper-Limb Cycling Prosthesis |
title_full_unstemmed | Design and Development of a Novel Upper-Limb Cycling Prosthesis |
title_short | Design and Development of a Novel Upper-Limb Cycling Prosthesis |
title_sort | design and development of a novel upper-limb cycling prosthesis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5746756/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29144392 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering4040089 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT tieleakira designanddevelopmentofanovelupperlimbcyclingprosthesis AT sonisadarshivam designanddevelopmentofanovelupperlimbcyclingprosthesis AT rowbottomjack designanddevelopmentofanovelupperlimbcyclingprosthesis AT patelshilen designanddevelopmentofanovelupperlimbcyclingprosthesis AT mathewsonedward designanddevelopmentofanovelupperlimbcyclingprosthesis AT pearsonsamuel designanddevelopmentofanovelupperlimbcyclingprosthesis AT hutchinsdavid designanddevelopmentofanovelupperlimbcyclingprosthesis AT headjohn designanddevelopmentofanovelupperlimbcyclingprosthesis AT hutchinsstephen designanddevelopmentofanovelupperlimbcyclingprosthesis |