Development of low cost upper and lower extremities rehabilitation system with interactive feedback for children with movement disorders

摘要

Rehabilitation regime of children with movement disorders such as Cerebral Palsy, and other related diseases have been one of the major area of interest. It is believed that with proper rehabilitation plans or regimes, the overall Quality of Life (QoL) of these children will be improved in the means of joint mobility, and overall movement generated. Hence, the main intention was to develop a hybrid tricycle that is readily accessible, and owned by caretakers, whereby the overall development cost was less than RM1,500. The special features of the system includes both hand and leg cycles rehabilitation, configure system using an Android application, and view historical rehabilitation details from a secured website.