In this project, we designed an assistive dumbbell machine to help in flat, incline, and shoulder press exercises. Electromyography was performed to confirm less activation in certain muscles and confirm the machine worked.

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Creator

• Evers, Robert Leo
• Toto, Michael A.
• Milano, Vincent J.
• McGeoghan, Joseph Matthew
• Sides, Andrew J.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-043009-151017

Advisor

• Brown, Christopher A.

Year

• 2009

Date created

• 2009-04-30

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright