Technical evaluation of and clinical experiences with the SCRIPT passive wrist and hand orthosis

Author

Ates, Serkan ; Leon, Beatriz ; Basteris, Angelo ; Nijenhuis, Sharon ; Nasr, Norhan ; Sale, Patrizio ; Cesario, Alfredo ; Amirabdollahian, Farshid ; Stienen, Arno H. A.

Author_Institution

Biomech. Eng., Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

fYear

2014

fDate

16-18 June 2014

Firstpage

188

Lastpage

193

Abstract

Rehabilitation robots are useful tools to objectively quantify and treat post-stroke impairments. The SCRIPT Passive Orthosis (SPO) is an passively actuated hand orthosis that can be used for interactive therapy at home. In the last year the SPO was used independently by 24 patients in three EU countries. In this paper we report on the technical challenges this has presented and the feedback we were given by therapists and patients. This includes the range-of-motion of the device, the assistive characteristics, the potential for grasp detection, and the user acceptance.

Keywords

assisted living; grippers; medical robotics; orthotics; SCRIPT Passive Orthosis; SCRIPT passive wrist; SPO; assistive characteristics; clinical experiences; device range-of-motion; grasp detection; hand orthosis; interactive therapy; passively actuated hand orthosis; post-stroke impairment treatment; rehabilitation robots; technical evaluation; user acceptance; Grasping; Joints; Medical treatment; Sensors; Springs; Thumb; Wrist;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Human System Interactions (HSI), 2014 7th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Costa da Caparica

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HSI.2014.6860472

Filename

6860472