Development of the training equipment with EAM brake for rehabilitation

Abstract

Rehabilitation aimed to restore damaged physical function after a stroke or severe injury by strength training is being carried out. However, current mainstream training equipments generally use weights and springs. With theses equipments, it is difficult to adjust a fine load, and, in addition, they constantly apply a load on the user when using it. For these reasons, this kind of training device often injures the user if he relaxes while using it. Therefore, we decided to develop a safe training device that gives a load by applying a braking force to the motion of the user. As a method for generating this braking force, we used an EAM brake device, which the applied voltage controls the braking force. In this study, we developed a safe planar type training system that apply a load to the user through the application of a braking force to user's motion.