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Article

An Instrumented Glove-Controlled Portable Hand-Exoskeleton for Bilateral Hand Rehabilitation

by
Shih-Hung Yang
1,
Chia-Lin Koh
2,
Chun-Hang Hsu
3,
Po-Chuan Chen
4,
Jia-Wei Chen
5,
Yu-Hao Lan
5,
Yi Yang
5,
Yi-De Lin
6,
Chun-Hung Wu
6,
Hsien-Kuang Liu
6,
Yu-Chun Lo
7,
Guan-Tze Liu
8,
Chao-Hung Kuo
5,9,10,11 and
You-Yin Chen
5,7,*
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
2
Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
3
Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
4
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
5
Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
6
Department of Mechanical and Computer-Aided Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40724, Taiwan
7
College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
8
Department of Medical Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 112201, Taiwan
9
School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
10
Department of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
11
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-6470, USA
 
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Biosensors 2021, 11(12), 495; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11120495
Submission received: 30 September 2021 / Revised: 26 November 2021 / Accepted: 29 November 2021 / Published: 3 December 2021
(This article belongs to the Collection Wearable Biosensors for Healthcare Applications)
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Abstract

Effective bilateral hand training is desired in rehabilitation programs to restore hand function for people with unilateral hemiplegia, so that they can perform daily activities independently. However, owing to limited human resources, the hand function training available in current clinical settings is significantly less than the adequate amount needed to drive optimal neural reorganization. In this study, we designed a lightweight and portable hand exoskeleton with a hand-sensing glove for bilateral hand training and home-based rehabilitation. The hand-sensing glove measures the hand movement of the less-affected hand using a flex sensor. Thereafter, the affected hand is driven by the hand exoskeleton using the measured hand movements. Compared with the existing hand exoskeletons, our hand exoskeleton improves the flexible mechanism for the back of the hand for better wearing experience and the thumb mechanism to make the pinch gesture possible. We designed a virtual reality game to increase the willingness of repeated movement practice for rehabilitation. Our system not only facilitates bilateral hand training but also assists in activities of daily living. This system could be beneficial for patients with hemiplegia for starting correct and sufficient hand function training in the early stages to optimize their recovery.
Keywords: hand exoskeleton; hand-sensing glove; bilateral hand training; virtual reality game hand exoskeleton; hand-sensing glove; bilateral hand training; virtual reality game

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Yang, S.-H.; Koh, C.-L.; Hsu, C.-H.; Chen, P.-C.; Chen, J.-W.; Lan, Y.-H.; Yang, Y.; Lin, Y.-D.; Wu, C.-H.; Liu, H.-K.; et al. An Instrumented Glove-Controlled Portable Hand-Exoskeleton for Bilateral Hand Rehabilitation. Biosensors 2021, 11, 495. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11120495

AMA Style

Yang S-H, Koh C-L, Hsu C-H, Chen P-C, Chen J-W, Lan Y-H, Yang Y, Lin Y-D, Wu C-H, Liu H-K, et al. An Instrumented Glove-Controlled Portable Hand-Exoskeleton for Bilateral Hand Rehabilitation. Biosensors. 2021; 11(12):495. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11120495

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Yang, Shih-Hung, Chia-Lin Koh, Chun-Hang Hsu, Po-Chuan Chen, Jia-Wei Chen, Yu-Hao Lan, Yi Yang, Yi-De Lin, Chun-Hung Wu, Hsien-Kuang Liu, and et al. 2021. "An Instrumented Glove-Controlled Portable Hand-Exoskeleton for Bilateral Hand Rehabilitation" Biosensors 11, no. 12: 495. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11120495

APA Style

Yang, S.-H., Koh, C.-L., Hsu, C.-H., Chen, P.-C., Chen, J.-W., Lan, Y.-H., Yang, Y., Lin, Y.-D., Wu, C.-H., Liu, H.-K., Lo, Y.-C., Liu, G.-T., Kuo, C.-H., & Chen, Y.-Y. (2021). An Instrumented Glove-Controlled Portable Hand-Exoskeleton for Bilateral Hand Rehabilitation. Biosensors, 11(12), 495. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11120495

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