Towards Unsupervised Rehabilitation: Development of a Portable Compliant Device for Sensorimotor Hand Rehabilitation

Van Damme, Nathan; Rätz, Raphael; Marchal-Crespo, Laura (25 July 2022). Towards Unsupervised Rehabilitation: Development of a Portable Compliant Device for Sensorimotor Hand Rehabilitation. IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2022, pp. 1-6. IEEE 10.1109/ICORR55369.2022.9896556

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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 onedegree-
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.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Division/Institute:

10 Strategic Research Centers > ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research > ARTORG Center - Motor Learning and Neurorehabilitation

Graduate School:

Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB)

UniBE Contributor:

Rätz, Raphael, Marchal Crespo, Laura

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
600 Technology > 620 Engineering

ISSN:

1945-7901

ISBN:

978-1-6654-8829-7

Publisher:

IEEE

Language:

English

Submitter:

Raphael Rätz

Date Deposited:

25 Nov 2022 10:25

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:29

Publisher DOI:

10.1109/ICORR55369.2022.9896556

PubMed ID:

36176098

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/175154

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/175154

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