A multi-disciplinary approach for effective handrehabilitation with clinical-based assessment outcomes

Authors:
Y. Y. Huang;K. H. Low
Affiliations:
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Venue:
CASE'09 Proceedings of the fifth annual IEEE international conference on Automation science and engineering
Year:
2009

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Abstract

In order to improve the functional ability of hand through the identified functional activities of daily living (ADL) and rehabilitation training, we have considered the fundamental issues that constitute systematic, objective and quantitative assessment together with the development of a hand rehabilitation system. The targeted rehabilitation groups are those patients with motor weakness, such as spinal cord injury (SCI) and post-stroke patients. To this end, a multi-disciplinary approach for effective hand rehabilitation is presented and discussed. The approach can be served as a general guidance of the rehabilitation work to be carried out. The rehabilitation in clinical-engineering research aspects is also discussed. On the other hand, the clinical-based assessment methodology (covering sEMG, ROM, gripping/pinch force, and clinical outcome measures) has been proposed for the task-specific hand rehabilitation system to reduce the gap between the clinical and engineering knowledge.