Interactive rehabilitation robot for hand function training

Author

Chen, M. ; Ho, S.K. ; Zhou, H.F. ; Pang, P.M.K. ; Hu, X.L. ; Ng, D.T.W. ; Tong, K.Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Health Technol. & Inf., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong, China

fYear

2009

fDate

23-26 June 2009

Firstpage

777

Lastpage

780

Abstract

Restoring hand functions may greatly improve the post-stroke life quality. In this work, we developed a new interactive rehabilitation robot for hand function training after stroke. The robotic system can provide three modes of training: (1) continuous passive motion; (2) electromyography (EMG)-triggered motion; and (3) continuous EMG-driven motion to simulate the hand opening, grip and pinch tasks. The system also can quantitatively record finger force, finger positions, and EMG during training tasks.

Keywords

biological organs; biomechanics; electromyography; medical disorders; medical robotics; patient rehabilitation; EMG triggered motion; continuous EMG-driven motion; continuous passive motion; electromyography; finger force recording; finger position recording; hand grip simulation; hand opening simulation; interactive rehabilitation robot; pinch task; post-stroke life quality; restoring hand function training; Biomedical informatics; Elbow; Electromyography; Fingers; Force measurement; Force sensors; Knee; Rehabilitation robotics; Robot sensing systems; Wrist;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Rehabilitation Robotics, 2009. ICORR 2009. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kyoto International Conference Center

ISSN

1945-7898

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3788-7

Electronic_ISBN

1945-7898

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICORR.2009.5209564

Filename

5209564