Abstract
In recent years, dynamic test devices have been able to measure in various areas take place of passive methods for determination of balance and postural control disorder levels those occur with neurological diseases and rehabilitation. In this working area, evaluation and measurements are made and recorded via fixed or wearable sensors. As a result of clinical trials in the existing systems, it appears that the obtained data has changed from person to person. In the development and testing phases of newly developed devices, robots, which can do the same movements instead of people, can be preferred to provide data repeatability. In this study, the test results of the single degree-of-freedom robot that developed for use in the experimental works of the equilibrium platform developed in Dokuz Eylül University, with the balance and performance test device named Balance Master are included.
Keywords
Balance Master,Balance and postural control,The single degree-of-freedom robot.
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