USER INTERFACE FOR A 4 DOF ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON FOR UPPER LIMB REHABILITATION

This work presents a user interface, which may operate a robotic upper-limb exoskeleton for rehabilitation of people with motor disability. The interface developed can be used to program several routines of movements, which may be executed through a robotic exoskeleton, storing in a database the personal and clinical information obtained on each patient during the rehabilitation process. The interface includes an electromyographic biofeedback module that can display to patients their muscular activation during the motor activity. The results showed that the user interface may control a robotic exoskeleton for upper limbs, which is useful to increase the patient motivation through the biofeedback information, allowing the tracking of the patient´s progress.