Preliminary Bilateral Upper Limb Rehabilitation System Based on sEMG and Muscle Tone

In recent years, with the increasing number of stroke patients, master-slave telerehabilitation has become one of the research hotspots in the field of rehabilitation. However, when estimating the angle of the main end, the angle estimation model is difficult to be widely applicable due to the different muscle tension of the physiotherapist itself. During remote rehabilitation training, it is difficult for physical therapists to obtain the damage of the affected limb, so it is difficult to arrange appropriate training intensity and training volume, which affects the effect of remote rehabilitation to a certain extent. To address these issues, this paper proposes a novel master-slave rehabilitation system. The therapist obtains his own muscle tension level a priori through FSR402, and jointly estimates the movement angle through the (Surface Electromyography) sEMG signal collected by MYO, so as to control the slave end. While following the rehabilitation training, the patient at the slave end reflects real-time muscle force of the affected limb and the true feeling of the movement to the master end through the muscle tension measurement arm cuff and the relevant buttons on the PC end. The overall system realizes data transmission through (User Datagram Protocol) UDP, so as to realize more secure and personalized master-slave control. The experiment proves that the new master-slave rehabilitation system is real and feasible.