PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an upper limb rehabilitation device allowing the disabled to perform exercises such as opening/closing, raising/lowering, and turning a paralytic-side upper limb by a force of the healthy-side upper limb, highly expected to recover and restructure the brain, preventing such exercises as exceeding the movable range of the paralytic-side upper limb respectively, an erroneous operation, or hunting of the device, suited for use in facilities and general households, and reducing the cost of the device.SOLUTION: An upper limb turning supporting part is provided at the backrest of a chair, so that an operation having a same operation amount, operation speed and operation direction of those of a first upper limb support arm is simultaneously and mechanically transmitted to a second upper limb support arm. Consequently, the disabled can open/close, raise/lower, and turn the paralytic-side upper limb by the force of the healthy-side upper limb. This upper limb rehabilitation device is thus highly expected to recover and restructure the brain, prevents the forcible execution of the respective exercises exceeding the movable range of the paralytic-side upper limb, the erroneous operation, or the hunting of the device, is suited for use in the facilities and the general households, and reduces the cost of the device.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】健常側の上肢の力で麻痺側の上肢に対して開閉、昇降、旋回の運動が可能で、脳の回復、再構築の期待が高く、麻痺側の上肢の可動範囲を超えた上記各運動や誤操作、装置の乱調もなく、施設用および一般家庭用として好適で、装置の低コスト化も図れる上肢リハビリテーション装置を提供する。【解決手段】椅子の背もたれに上肢回動支持部を設け、アーム用動作伝達手段を介して第1の上肢支持用アームの移動量、移動速度、動作方向が同一の動作を第2の上肢支持用アームへ同時かつメカニカルに伝達する。これにより、障害者が健常側の上肢の力で麻痺側の上肢に開閉、昇降、旋回を行わせることができ、脳の回復、再構築の期待が高くて、麻痺側の上肢の可動範囲を超える上記各運動を強いたり誤操作および装置の乱調もなく、施設用および一般家庭用として好適で、装置の低コスト化も図れる。【選択図】図1
