An EMG-controlled exoskeleton for hand rehabilitation

Marcello Mulas, Michele Folgheraiter, Giuseppina Gini

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Abstract

The principal goal of this work is the development, testing and experimentation of a device for the hand rehabilitation. The system we designed is intended for people who have partially lost the ability to control correctly the hand musculature, for example after a stroke or a spinal cord injure. Based on EMG signals the system can "understand" the subject volition to move the hand and thanks to its actuators can help the fingers movement in order to perform the task. In this paper we describe the device and discuss the first results conducted on a healthy volunteer.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2005 IEEE 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2005
Pages371-374
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
Event2005 IEEE 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2005 - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: Jun 28 2005Jul 1 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2005 IEEE 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics
Volume2005

Other

Other2005 IEEE 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, ICORR 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period6/28/057/1/05

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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