| dc.contributor.author | Mendoza, Mijaíl Jaén | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gollob, Samuel Dutra | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lavado, Diego | |
| dc.contributor.author | Koo, Bon Ho Brandon | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cruz, Segundo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Roche, Ellen T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vela, Emir A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-21T14:20:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-10-28T13:39:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-21T14:20:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-08 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2021-07 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2072-666X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/136695.2 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The majority of soft pneumatic actuators for rehabilitation exercises have been designed for adult users. Specifically, there is a paucity of soft rehabilitative devices designed for infants with upper and lower limb motor disabilities. We present a low-profile vacuum-powered artificial muscle (LP-VPAM) with dimensions suitable for infants. The actuator produced a maximum force of 26 N at vacuum pressures of −40 kPa. When implemented in an experimental model of an infant leg in an antagonistic-agonist configuration to measure resultant knee flexion, the actuator generated knee flexion angles of 43° and 61° in the prone and side-lying position, respectively. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi12080971 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
| dc.source | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | en_US |
| dc.title | A Vacuum-Powered Artificial Muscle Designed for Infant Rehabilitation | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Micromachines 12 (8): 971 (2021) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
| dc.relation.journal | Micromachines | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dc.date.updated | 2021-08-26T13:27:42Z | |
| dspace.date.submission | 2021-08-26T13:27:42Z | |
| mit.journal.volume | 12 | en_US |
| mit.journal.issue | 8 | en_US |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_CC | |
| mit.metadata.status | Authority Work Needed | en_US |
