Impedance Adaptive Controller for a Prototype of a Whiplash Syndrome Rehabilitation Device

Figure 4

Cervical orthosis electronic instrumentation scheme depicting all the components needed to perform the proposed therapeutic procedures. The rotatory potentiometers are used to measure the angular position at each of the two articulations. The H-bridge electronic boards as well as the micro DC motors are the electronic devices enforcing the movement of each orthosis coordinate. The optical coupling devices isolated the high-power phase of the digital micro-controller (Tiva C 1294 Series).