So you designed something. WHOM are you going to go to to get this built and then run clinical trials in comparison to these other gloves/ hand rehab options? Otherwise this is totally useless.
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Design of a low-pressure pneumatically actuated soft robotic glove to facilitate bilateral training in stroke rehabilitation
Citation
Gerges, F. 2020. Design of a low-pressure pneumatically actuated soft
robotic glove to facilitate bilateral training in stroke rehabilitation
-- In Proceedings: 16th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and
Scholarly Projects. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University, p.30
Abstract
Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability
worldwide. As a result of this injury, many stroke survivors will
experience some degree of paralysis immediately after the injury, such
as lost hand motor function. Throughout the last decade, researchers
have been working on improving existing rehabilitation techniques and
assistive hand exoskeleton technologies to encourage a faster motor
function recovery to those patients who lost hand motor functions.
However, many clinics still rely on old rehabilitative rigid hand
exoskeleton, which is not very effective during the recovery of the
patient. This paper proposes a design of a low pressure soft robotic
glove as an assistive device to facilitate bilateral hand training
during stroke rehabilitation. In the bilateral hand training therapy, a
movement in the healthy hand generates a similar movement in the
parietal hand through the robotic glove. Researchers found that the
activation of both cerebral hemispheres in rehabilitation exercises
improves outcomes significantly. In order to create the robotic glove, a
design of soft actuators that are pneumatically actuated and can
achieve high flexion forces is proposed. The mechanical performance of
the actuator was analyzed based on its blocked tip force capabilities
and its capability in supporting the full range of motion of the
fingers. The current actuator prototype is capable of producing 9.5 N
force at the fingertip when pressurized to 99.5 kPa, which is enough to
assist the parietal hand in performing rehabilitation exercises. Then, a
master-slave controller is proposed to facilitate bilateral hand
training such that a glove (master) with flex sensors is used to detect a
movement in the healthy hand and use this information to generate a
similar movement on the soft robotic glove that is worn on the parietal
hand. The glove was successful in meeting the design requirements and
in assisting a healthy patient in performing a pinch, tripod pinch, and
full grasp movements.
Description
Presented to the 16th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and
Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held online, Wichita State University, May 1,
2020.
Research completed in the Department of Physician Assistant, College of Health Professions
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