Towards human arm rehabilitation in stroke patients by means of a hybrid FES&robotic glove

Author

Hartopanu, Sergiu ; Poboroniuc, Marian ; Serea, Florin ; Livint, G.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., GHEORGHE ASACHI Tech. Univ. of Iasi, Iasi, Romania

fYear

2014

fDate

16-18 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

148

Lastpage

152

Abstract

This paper is about the laboratory test of a hand exoskeleton for the rehabilitation of the patients that suffered a cerebrovascular accident (CVA). Recent studies have shown that intensive and repetitive training may be necessary to modify neural organization and recover the functional motor skills. The main aim is to develop a mechatronic architecture whose design covers as much as possible the anatomic and functional finger phalanges, providing support for the actuation and artificial sensorial system.

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; diseases; mechatronics; medical robotics; patient rehabilitation; prosthetics; actuation sensorial system; anatomic finger phalanges; artificial sensorial system; cerebrovascular accident; functional finger phalanges; functional motor skill recovery; hand exoskeleton; human arm rehabilitation; hybrid functional electrical stimulation; mechatronic architecture; neural organization modification; patient rehabilitation; robotic glove; stroke patients; Exoskeletons; Joints; Mathematical model; Muscles; Robot sensing systems; Thumb; actuation system; control architecture; exoskeleton; robotic glove; sensorial system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Power Engineering (EPE), 2014 International Conference and Exposition on

Conference_Location

Iasi

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEPE.2014.6969886

Filename

6969886