Design of a Soft Robotic Glove for Hand Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients With Clenched Fist Deformity Using Inflatable Plastic Actuators
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- Hong Kai Yap
- NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, CELS, #05-01, 28 Medical Drive, Singapore 117456, Singapore e-mail:
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- Jeong Hoon Lim
- Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 1E Kent Ridge Road, NUHS Tower Block Level 10, Singapore 119228, Singapore e-mail:
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- James Cho Hong Goh
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Block E4, #04-08, Singapore 117583, Singapore e-mail:
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- Chen-Hua Yeow
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology, Advanced Robotics Centre, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Block E4, #04-08, Singapore 117583, Singapore e-mail:
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2016-08-11
- DOI
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- 10.1115/1.4033035
- 公開者
- ASME International
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説明
<jats:p>In this paper, we present a soft robotic glove designed to augment hand rehabilitation for stroke patients with clenched fist deformity. The robotic glove provides active finger extension for hand rehabilitative training, through its embedded inflatable actuators that are fabricated by heat bonding of flexible plastic sheets. Upon pressurization, the actuators inflate, stiffen, and extend the fingers. The actuators were embedded in the finger pockets of a glove. In this work, the device was evaluated in terms of its extension torque generated on the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint of a dummy finger model and a healthy subject. A stroke patient with finger spasticity was recruited to demonstrate the feasibility of the device to assist in finger extension. Preliminary results showed that the device was able to generate significant extension torques to provide assistance in finger extension for both healthy and stroke participants.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Journal of Medical Devices
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Journal of Medical Devices 10 (4), 2016-08-11
ASME International