Rehabilitation Robotic Hand Exoskeletons
Author | : Mohammad Mozaffari Foumashi |
Publisher | : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 2014-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 3659251224 |
ISBN-13 | : 9783659251221 |
Rating | : 4/5 (221 Downloads) |
Download or read book Rehabilitation Robotic Hand Exoskeletons written by Mohammad Mozaffari Foumashi and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the synthesis of a Hand Exoskeleton (HE) for the rehabilitation of post-stroke patients. Through the analysis of the state-of-the-art, a topological classification was proposed. Based on the proposed classification principles, the rehabilitation HEs were systematically analyzed and classified accordingly, that is effective to both perceive the demand for proposing application-specific solutions and provide some useful guidelines for the design of a new HE. Further, a novel rehabilitation HE was designed to support patients in cylindrical shape grasping tasks with the aim of recovering the basic functions of manipulation. Numerous multi-objective optimizations followed by building a final prototype. The experimental results of the preliminary tests are promising and demonstrate the potential for clinical applications of the proposed device in robot-assisted training of the human hand for grasping functions.