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Design of a 3D-Printed Hand Exoskeleton Based on Force-Myography Control for Assistance and Rehabilitation by Daniele Esposito; Jessica Centracchio; Emilio Andreozzi; Sergio Savino; Gaetano D. Gargiulo; Ganesh R. Naik; Paolo Bifulco is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Design of a 3D-Printed Hand Exoskeleton Based on Force-Myography Control for Assistance and Rehabilitation about?
Voluntary hand movements are usually impaired after a cerebral stroke, affecting millions of people per year worldwide. Recently, the use of hand exoskeletons for assistance and motor rehabilitation has become increasingly widespread. This study presents a novel hand exoskeleton, designed to be low cost, wearable, easily adaptable and suitable for home use. Most of the components of the exoskeleton are 3D printed, allowing for easy replication, customization and maintenance at a low cost. A strongly underactuated mechanical system allows one to synergically move the four fingers by means of a single actuator through a rigid transmission, while the thumb is kept in an adduction or abduction position. The exoskeleton’s ability to extend a typical hypertonic paretic hand of stroke patients was firstly tested using the SimScape Multibody simulation environment; this helped in the choice of a proper electric actuator. Force-myography was used instead of the standard electromyography to voluntarily control the exoskeleton with more simplicity. The user can activate the flexion/extension of the exoskeleton by a weak contraction of two antagonist muscles. A symmetrical master–slave motion
Who reads Design of a 3D-Printed Hand Exoskeleton Based on Force-Myography Control for Assistance and Rehabilitation?
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- Author
- Daniele Esposito; Jessica Centracchio; Emilio Andreozzi; Sergio Savino; Gaetano D. Gargiulo; Ganesh R. Naik; Paolo Bifulco
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Engineering (Physical Sciences)