Abstract
Sensorimotor impairments of the hand after stroke can drastically reduce the ability to perform activities of daily living. Recently, there has been an increased interest in minimally supervised and unsupervised rehabilitation to increase therapy dosage and to complement conventional therapy. Several devices have been developed that are simple to use and portable. Yet, they do not incorporate diversified somatosensory feedback, which has been suggested to promote sensorimotor recovery. Here we present the prototype of a portable one-degree-of-freedom hand trainer based on a novel compliant shell mechanism. Our solution is safe, intuitive, and can be used for various hand sizes. Importantly, it also provides rich sensory feedback through haptic rendering. We complement our device with a rehabilitation game, where we leverage interactive tangible game elements with diverse haptic characteristics to provide somatosensory training and foster recovery.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2022 |
Publisher | IEEE |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-6654-8829-7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Event | 2022 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2022 - Rotterdam, Netherlands Duration: 25 Jul 2022 → 29 Jul 2022 |
Conference
Conference | 2022 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2022 |
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Country/Territory | Netherlands |
City | Rotterdam |
Period | 25/07/22 → 29/07/22 |
Bibliographical note
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-careOtherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.
Keywords
- Training
- Performance evaluation
- Medical treatment
- Prototypes
- Games
- Robot sensing systems
- Rendering (computer graphics)