Projeto e desenvolvimento de um ciclo ergômetro para membros superiores e inferiores / Project and enviroment of the cycle ergometer for upper limbs and lower limbs

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

RESUMO

Considering that most of the physical rehabilitation clinics has a cycle ergometer which use is restrict to the lower limbs and that the cycle ergometer for upper limbs is still a little commercialized and high cost, out of the possibilities of many professionals involved in rehabilitation in our country, it was evaluated the necessity of developing equipment that supplied both necessities. In the present study, a relatively simple and low cost device able to provide ways to the rotatory exercise of both upper and lower limbs simultaneously was projected and constructed with easily obtained accessible price materials. The cycle ergometer was built and gauged after the adaptation of a torquimeter, where the measures were recorded by a rotatory axis torque measure system through telemetry. It was accomplished a static and dynamic calibration on pedals and handles, which results showed that the developed equipment is able to accomplish independent rotation movements for both upper and lower limbs, isolately or entirely, allowing to pontentialize and amplify the list of benefits generated by the isolate devices. This equipment may be useful to rehabilitate patients bearing diverse pathologies as well as to the accomplishment of physical effort tests in rehabilitation departments and gyms

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reabilitação rehabilitation calibration cycle ergometer calibração ciclo ergômetro

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