Towards Essential Hand Tremor Suppression via Pneumatic Artificial Muscles
Essential tremor (ET) is one of the most common movement disorders and can occur unexpectedly and develop indefinitely to any population unit. According to the recorded statistics of people suffering from ET, the disorder affects 5% of people worldwide, thus creating an ever-increasing need to inves...
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| description | Essential tremor (ET) is one of the most common movement disorders and can occur unexpectedly and develop indefinitely to any population unit. According to the recorded statistics of people suffering from ET, the disorder affects 5% of people worldwide, thus creating an ever-increasing need to investigate ways for its suppression and treatment. In this article, we investigate the capability of Pneumatic Artificial Muscles (PAMs) to reduce or even suppress ET leading to the relief of the sufferers. In our work, we designed and constructed two iterations of a glovelike setup and attempted to explore the possibility of suppressing ET on different parts of the hand by exerting force on the index finger and metacarpal region. For both glove iterations, we established an experimental protocol based on the adjustment of a force controller. Finally, we evaluated exhaustively the performance of our setup under multiple motion scenarios with the participation of an ET-diagnosed volunteer. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26aa0edbd3d14b9093c2917f0d186db62023-11-22T11:32:49ZengMDPI AGActuators2076-08252021-08-0110920610.3390/act10090206Towards Essential Hand Tremor Suppression via Pneumatic Artificial MusclesVasileios Skaramagkas0George Andrikopoulos1Stamatis Manesis2Institute of Computer Science, Foundation of Research & Technology Hellas (FORTH), 70013 Heraklion, GreeceMachine Design Department, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 11428 Stockholm, SwedenElectrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, GreeceEssential tremor (ET) is one of the most common movement disorders and can occur unexpectedly and develop indefinitely to any population unit. According to the recorded statistics of people suffering from ET, the disorder affects 5% of people worldwide, thus creating an ever-increasing need to investigate ways for its suppression and treatment. In this article, we investigate the capability of Pneumatic Artificial Muscles (PAMs) to reduce or even suppress ET leading to the relief of the sufferers. In our work, we designed and constructed two iterations of a glovelike setup and attempted to explore the possibility of suppressing ET on different parts of the hand by exerting force on the index finger and metacarpal region. For both glove iterations, we established an experimental protocol based on the adjustment of a force controller. Finally, we evaluated exhaustively the performance of our setup under multiple motion scenarios with the participation of an ET-diagnosed volunteer.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/10/9/206essential tremor suppressionpneumatic artificial musclessoft roboticsorthotic devices |
| spellingShingle | Vasileios Skaramagkas George Andrikopoulos Stamatis Manesis Towards Essential Hand Tremor Suppression via Pneumatic Artificial Muscles Actuators essential tremor suppression pneumatic artificial muscles soft robotics orthotic devices |
| title | Towards Essential Hand Tremor Suppression via Pneumatic Artificial Muscles |
| title_full | Towards Essential Hand Tremor Suppression via Pneumatic Artificial Muscles |
| title_fullStr | Towards Essential Hand Tremor Suppression via Pneumatic Artificial Muscles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards Essential Hand Tremor Suppression via Pneumatic Artificial Muscles |
| title_short | Towards Essential Hand Tremor Suppression via Pneumatic Artificial Muscles |
| title_sort | towards essential hand tremor suppression via pneumatic artificial muscles |
| topic | essential tremor suppression pneumatic artificial muscles soft robotics orthotic devices |
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