TY - GEN
T1 - Design of a single-dof active hand orthosis for neurorehabilitation
AU - Rosati, Giulio
AU - Cenci, Stefano
AU - Boschetti, Giovanni
AU - Zanotto, Damiano
AU - Masiero, Stefano
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper is about the design of an active hand orthosis for hand rehabilitation in the acute and sub-acute phase after stroke. The device presented here was conceived as an add-on for the cable-suspended robots for upper limb rehabilitation developed at the Department of Innovation in Mechanics and Management of University of Padua, Italy. With this improvement, we aim to deliver coordinated distal and proximal robotic active-assistive mobilization in the early days after stroke. The hand orthosis employs one elastic actuator to produce force controlled trajectories of the fingers, keeping a highly compliant interaction with the patient during the assisted training of the paretic hand. This feature is particularly desirable in the rehabilitation treatment of acute and sub-acute patients. In the paper, both medical and engineering issues are addressed, and mechanical and control system design are presented with major details.
AB - This paper is about the design of an active hand orthosis for hand rehabilitation in the acute and sub-acute phase after stroke. The device presented here was conceived as an add-on for the cable-suspended robots for upper limb rehabilitation developed at the Department of Innovation in Mechanics and Management of University of Padua, Italy. With this improvement, we aim to deliver coordinated distal and proximal robotic active-assistive mobilization in the early days after stroke. The hand orthosis employs one elastic actuator to produce force controlled trajectories of the fingers, keeping a highly compliant interaction with the patient during the assisted training of the paretic hand. This feature is particularly desirable in the rehabilitation treatment of acute and sub-acute patients. In the paper, both medical and engineering issues are addressed, and mechanical and control system design are presented with major details.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICORR.2009.5209552
DO - 10.1109/ICORR.2009.5209552
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70449379962
SN - 9781424437894
T3 - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2009
SP - 161
EP - 166
BT - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2009
T2 - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2009
Y2 - 23 June 2009 through 26 June 2009
ER -