An Automated Data Acquisition System for Pinch Grip Assessment Based on Fugl Meyer Protocol: A Feasibility Study
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Abstract
1. Introduction
- The orientation of the pincer object is not standardized. Some therapists pull the object horizontally, while others pull it vertically.
- The posture of the patients’ shoulder, elbow, forearm, and hand may differ between each clinic resulting in different pinch force exerted at different postures.
- The amount of pulling force actuated by the therapist is subjective [16]. This opens the possibility for low intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of pinch evaluation.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Pinch Data Acquisition System
- Displacement sensor: LVDT sensor (1) with Low Pass Filter (9).
- Linear actuator system: including linear electric actuator (2) and servo motor driver (8).
- Customized Pinch force load cell: pincer object (4), Wheatstone bridge (5), and an amplifier (6).
- Pulling force load cell: load cell (3) and an amplifier (11).
- Data acquisition card: Arduino® Due board (Arduino LLC, Torino, Italy) (11) and Arduino® IDE 1.8.5 software (arduino.cc) [50].
- DC power supply (7).
2.2. Volunteers Recruitment and Experimental Protocol
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Data Availability
Appendix A
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Variables | Trial 1 | Trial 2 | Trial 3 | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pinch force (N) | 14.61 | 17.81 | 15.39 | 15.93 |
Pulling force (N) | 7.29 | 8.61 | 7.05 | 7.65 |
Static COF | 0.498 | 0.483 | 0.458 | 0.48 |
Variable | Mean | Standard Deviation | Range | |
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Pinch force (N) | Right hand | 12.17 | 3.02 | 5.36–18.48 |
Left hand | 11.67 | 2.82 | 6.79–17.67 | |
Pulling force (N) | Right hand | 6.25 | 2.19 | 2.37–10.77 |
Left hand | 5.92 | 1.86 | 1.88–10.67 | |
Static COF | Right hand | 0.518 | 0.146 | 0.27–0.85 |
Left hand | 0.517 | 0.145 | 0.23–0.81 |
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Alsayed, A.; Kamil, R.; Ramli, H.; As’arry, A. An Automated Data Acquisition System for Pinch Grip Assessment Based on Fugl Meyer Protocol: A Feasibility Study. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 3436. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10103436
Alsayed A, Kamil R, Ramli H, As’arry A. An Automated Data Acquisition System for Pinch Grip Assessment Based on Fugl Meyer Protocol: A Feasibility Study. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(10):3436. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10103436
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlsayed, Abdallah, Raja Kamil, Hafiz Ramli, and Azizan As’arry. 2020. "An Automated Data Acquisition System for Pinch Grip Assessment Based on Fugl Meyer Protocol: A Feasibility Study" Applied Sciences 10, no. 10: 3436. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10103436