An instrumented glove-controlled portable hand-exoskeleton for bilateral hand rehabilitation

Shih Hung Yang, Chia Lin Koh, Chun Hang Hsu, Po Chuan Chen, Jia Wei Chen, Yu Hao Lan, Yi Yang, Yi De Lin, Chun Hung Wu, Hsien Kuang Liu, Yu Chun Lo, Guan Tze Liu, Chao Hung Kuo, You Yin Chen

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Effective bilateral hand training is desired in rehabilitation programs to restore hand function for people with unilateral hemiplegia, so that they can perform daily activities independently. However, owing to limited human resources, the hand function training available in current clinical settings is significantly less than the adequate amount needed to drive optimal neural reorganization. In this study, we designed a lightweight and portable hand exoskeleton with a hand-sensing glove for bilateral hand training and home-based rehabilitation. The hand-sensing glove measures the hand movement of the less-affected hand using a flex sensor. Thereafter, the affected hand is driven by the hand exoskeleton using the measured hand movements. Compared with the existing hand exoskeletons, our hand exoskeleton improves the flexible mechanism for the back of the hand for better wearing experience and the thumb mechanism to make the pinch gesture possible. We designed a virtual reality game to increase the willingness of repeated movement practice for rehabilitation. Our system not only facilitates bilateral hand training but also assists in activities of daily living. This system could be beneficial for patients with hemiplegia for starting correct and sufficient hand function training in the early stages to optimize their recovery.

原文English
文章編號495
期刊Biosensors
11
發行號12
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 2021 12月

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 分析化學
  • 生物技術
  • 生物醫學工程
  • 儀器
  • 工程(雜項)
  • 臨床生物化學

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