The estimation of rehabilitation progress in patients with psychomotor diseases of upper limb based on modelling and experimental research

The methodology of experimental and modelling investigations enabling the monitoring of rehabilitation process in patients with upper limbs diseases is presented. The mathematical model and the set of computer programs were developed in order to identify the forces generated by muscles and to carry out a comparative analysis within a framework of inverse dynamic problem and with the use of optimization techniques. The changes of the selected muscle forces as well as the changes of the ranges of motion in individual joints of upper limb, while performing typical rehabilitation exercises, were assumed as an indicator of the rehabilitation progress.