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DrBennyLo

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

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Publications

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@inproceedings{Huen:2016:10.1109/BSN.2016.7516280,
author = {Huen, D and Liu, J and Lo, B},
doi = {10.1109/BSN.2016.7516280},
pages = {312--317},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {An integrated wearable robot for tremor suppression with context aware sensing},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BSN.2016.7516280},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Abstract:Tremor is a neurological disorder which can significantly impede the daily functions of patients. The available treatments for patients with tremor are mainly pharmacotherapy and neurosurgery, but these treatments often have side effects. A wearable exoskeleton can potentially provide the assistance needed for patients with Parkinsonian or essential tremor to carry out daily activities and enable independent living. This paper presents the design and development of a 3D printed lightweight tremor suppression wearable exoskeleton. One of the major technical challenges for wearable robot is to maintain long battery life meanwhile miniature in size for practical use. This paper proposes an integrated approach where context aware Body Sensor Networks (BSN) sensors are incorporated to characterize voluntary and tremor movement, and detect activities of daily life (ADL). With the contextual information, the system can determine the intention of the user, optimize its control and minimize its power consumption by providing the necessary suppression only when needed. The preliminary result has shown that the wearable robot prototype can reduce the amplitude of simulated tremor by around 77%, and accurately identify different ADL with accuracy above 70%.
AU  - Huen,D
AU  - Liu,J
AU  - Lo,B
DO  - 10.1109/BSN.2016.7516280
EP  - 317
PB  - IEEE
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 2376-8886
SP  - 312
TI  - An integrated wearable robot for tremor suppression with context aware sensing
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BSN.2016.7516280
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000391251700058&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/50038
ER  -
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