Single DoF Hand Orthosis for Rehabilitation of Stroke and SCI Patients

International Conference on Materials, Alloys and Experimental Mechanics 2017

材料科学;金属学;机械制造

Megalingam, Rajesh Kannan^1 ; Apuroop, K.G.S.^1 ; Boddupalli, Sricharan^1

Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, Kollam, Kerala, India^1

关键词: Effective mechanisms;    Human computer interfaces;    Motor control;    Orthosis;    Spinal cord injuries (SCI);    Spinal cord injury patients;    stroke;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/225/1/012202/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/225/1/012202

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Many stroke and spinal cord injury patients suffer from paralysis which range from severe to nominal. Some of them, after therapy, could regain most of the motor control, particularly in hands if the severity level is not so high. In this paper we propose a hand orthosis for such patients whose stroke and spinal cord injury severity is nominal and the motor control in hands can be regained by therapy as part of their rehabilitation process. The patients can wear this orthosis and the therapy can be done with simple Human Computer Interface. The physicians, the physiotherapists and the patients themselves can carry out the therapy with the help of this device. The tests conducted in the lab and the results obtained are very promising that this can be an effective mechanism for stroke and spinal cord injury patients in their rehabilitation process. The hand orthosis is designed and fabricated locally so that it can be made available to such patients at an affordable cost.