Authors:
Mouna Souissi
1
;
Walid Amokrane
1
;
Zefeng Wang
2
and
Gerard Poisson
3
Affiliations:
1
PRISME HEI-Campus centre, France
;
2
FMM HEI-Lille, France
;
3
PRISME Laboratory and University of Orléans, France
Keyword(s):
Simulation, Dynamic Brace, Human Spine, Vertebral Column, Mechanical Structure, Kinematics.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Mechatronics Systems
;
Modeling, Simulation and Architectures
;
Robot Design, Development and Control
;
Robotics and Automation
Abstract:
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is a deformity of spine which occurs during growth. This paper presents
a novel method for simulation of a 2D and 3D trunk model and the adaptation of an existing parallel mechanism
to design parallel joints that can be used to correct abnormal postures of the human spine affected by scoliosis.
A 3D model of the system has been elaborated for simulation and design. Simulations results show that this
mechanism is able to permit some bending motions of human torso, taking into account the specifications of
forward, backward and left/right sideways bending amplitudes.