抄録
In our country, it is expected that the super-aging society will be becomes in the near future. Therefore, the number of the patients is increased. Moreover, it is feared that the nursing and medical workers are decrease. Then, a variety of rehabilitation support devices are developed. The purpose of this study is to develop the upper limb rehabilitation support device using a pneumatic cylinder for rehabilitation training. This device uses the link mechanism and it is simple composition. In this paper, we reports the characteristics of the device and results of examining effectiveness of rehabilitation support function.
