Development of Hand Rehabilitation System Using Wire-Driven Link Mechanism for Paralysis Patients

摘要：

In this paper, we present a hand rehabilitation system for patients suffering from paralysis or contracture. It consist of two components: a hand rehabilitation machine, which moves human finger joints using motors, and a data glove, which enables controlling the movement of the finger joints attached to the rehabilitation machine. The machine is based on the arm structure type of hand rehabilitation machine; a motor indirectly moves a finger joint via a closed four-link mechanism. We employ a wire-driven mechanism and coupled mechanism for DIP and PIP joints. These mechanism render the machine lightweight, and offer wider range of motion than conventional systems. The design specifications of the mechanisms and experimental results are shown.

作者: Hiroshi Yamaura Kojiro Matsushita Ryu Kato Hiroshi Yokoi

作者单位: University of Tokyo,Tokyo 113-8656,Japan Osaka University,Osaka 565-0871,Japan University of Electro-Communications,Tokyo 182-8585,Japan

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics(2009 IEEE 机器人与仿生技术国际会议 ROBIO 2009)

会议地点: 桂林

会议语种:英文

页码: 209-214

在线出版日期: 2009-12-19（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）