Personalized and Safe Soft Glove for Rehabilitation Training

Traditional hand rehabilitation devices present a challenge in providing personalized training that can lead to finger movements exceeding the safe range, resulting in secondary injuries. To address this issue, we introduce a soft rehabilitation training glove with the function of safety and persona...

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Main Authors: Fanye Meng, Chang Liu, Yu Li, Hao Hao, Qishen Li, Chenyi Lyu, Zimo Wang, Gang Ge, Junyi Yin, Xiaoqiang Ji, Xiao Xiao
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-06-01
Series:Electronics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/11/2531
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author Fanye Meng
Chang Liu
Yu Li
Hao Hao
Qishen Li
Chenyi Lyu
Zimo Wang
Gang Ge
Junyi Yin
Xiaoqiang Ji
Xiao Xiao
author_facet Fanye Meng
Chang Liu
Yu Li
Hao Hao
Qishen Li
Chenyi Lyu
Zimo Wang
Gang Ge
Junyi Yin
Xiaoqiang Ji
Xiao Xiao
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description Traditional hand rehabilitation devices present a challenge in providing personalized training that can lead to finger movements exceeding the safe range, resulting in secondary injuries. To address this issue, we introduce a soft rehabilitation training glove with the function of safety and personalization, which can allow patients to select training modes based on rehabilitation and provide real-time monitoring, as well as feedback on finger movement data. The inner glove is equipped with bending sensors to access the maximum/minimum angle of finger movement and to provide data for the safety of rehabilitation training. The outer glove contains flexible drivers, which can drive fingers for different modes of rehabilitation training. As a result, the rehabilitation glove can drive five fingers to achieve maximum extension/flexion angles of 15.65°/85.97°, 15.34°/89.53°, 16.78°/94.27°, 15.59°/88.82°, and 16.73°/88.65°, from thumb to little finger, respectively, and the rehabilitation training frequency can reach six times per minute. The safety evaluation result indicated an error within ±6.5° of the target-motion threshold. The reliability assessment yielded a high-intra-class correlation coefficient value (0.7763–0.9996). Hence, the rehabilitation glove can achieve targeted improvement in hand function while ensuring safety.
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spelling doaj.art-0c649c881f634188bfd7f31cc1556eb22023-11-18T07:46:11ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922023-06-011211253110.3390/electronics12112531Personalized and Safe Soft Glove for Rehabilitation TrainingFanye Meng0Chang Liu1Yu Li2Hao Hao3Qishen Li4Chenyi Lyu5Zimo Wang6Gang Ge7Junyi Yin8Xiaoqiang Ji9Xiao Xiao10School of Life Science and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, ChinaDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, SingaporeSchool of Life Science and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, ChinaSchool of Life Science and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, ChinaDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, SingaporeDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, SingaporeDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, SingaporeDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, SingaporeDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USASchool of Life Science and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, ChinaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, SingaporeTraditional hand rehabilitation devices present a challenge in providing personalized training that can lead to finger movements exceeding the safe range, resulting in secondary injuries. To address this issue, we introduce a soft rehabilitation training glove with the function of safety and personalization, which can allow patients to select training modes based on rehabilitation and provide real-time monitoring, as well as feedback on finger movement data. The inner glove is equipped with bending sensors to access the maximum/minimum angle of finger movement and to provide data for the safety of rehabilitation training. The outer glove contains flexible drivers, which can drive fingers for different modes of rehabilitation training. As a result, the rehabilitation glove can drive five fingers to achieve maximum extension/flexion angles of 15.65°/85.97°, 15.34°/89.53°, 16.78°/94.27°, 15.59°/88.82°, and 16.73°/88.65°, from thumb to little finger, respectively, and the rehabilitation training frequency can reach six times per minute. The safety evaluation result indicated an error within ±6.5° of the target-motion threshold. The reliability assessment yielded a high-intra-class correlation coefficient value (0.7763–0.9996). Hence, the rehabilitation glove can achieve targeted improvement in hand function while ensuring safety.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/11/2531hand rehabilitationflexible glovemotion thresholdpneumatic control
spellingShingle Fanye Meng
Chang Liu
Yu Li
Hao Hao
Qishen Li
Chenyi Lyu
Zimo Wang
Gang Ge
Junyi Yin
Xiaoqiang Ji
Xiao Xiao
Personalized and Safe Soft Glove for Rehabilitation Training
Electronics
hand rehabilitation
flexible glove
motion threshold
pneumatic control
title Personalized and Safe Soft Glove for Rehabilitation Training
title_full Personalized and Safe Soft Glove for Rehabilitation Training
title_fullStr Personalized and Safe Soft Glove for Rehabilitation Training
title_full_unstemmed Personalized and Safe Soft Glove for Rehabilitation Training
title_short Personalized and Safe Soft Glove for Rehabilitation Training
title_sort personalized and safe soft glove for rehabilitation training
topic hand rehabilitation
flexible glove
motion threshold
pneumatic control
url https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/11/2531
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