Joint Stiffness Compensation for Application in the EXTEND Hand Orthosis

Claudia J.W. Haarman; Edsko E.G. Hekman; Gerdienke B. Prange; Herman Van Der Kooij

doi:10.1109/BIOROB.2018.8487208

Joint Stiffness Compensation for Application in the EXTEND Hand Orthosis

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Abstract

This paper presents a passive hand orthosis, called EXTEND, that can be used during activities of daily living. In the design a negative stiffness spring mechanism is incorporated to overcome the high finger joint stiffness of stroke patients with hypertonia. The passive mechanism can be easily tuned by the user to compensate a linear joint stiffness of 0.15 to 0.33 Nm/rad for each finger independently. A prototype was tested with four patients showing an increased functional ability of the hand during several tasks. With the orthosis, patients were better able to pick up mid-sized objects (5-7.5cm diameter) of different shapes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	BIOROB2018 : 7th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	677-682
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538681831
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/BIOROB.2018.8487208
Publication status	Published - 9 Oct 2018
Event	7th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BIOROB 2018: High Tech Human Touch - University Campus, Enschede, Netherlands Duration: 26 Aug 2018 → 29 Aug 2018 Conference number: 7 https://www.biorob2018.org/ https://ctw-bw124.ctw.utwente.nl/roborehab/

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Conference	7th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BIOROB 2018
Abbreviated title	BioRob
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Enschede
Period	26/08/18 → 29/08/18
Other	Workshop 5 of BIOROB 2018
Internet address	https://www.biorob2018.org/ https://ctw-bw124.ctw.utwente.nl/roborehab/

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Haarman, CJW, Hekman, EEG, Prange, GB & Van Der Kooij, H 2018, Joint Stiffness Compensation for Application in the EXTEND Hand Orthosis. in BIOROB2018 : 7th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics ., 8487208, IEEE, pp. 677-682, 7th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BIOROB 2018, Enschede, Netherlands, 26/08/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/BIOROB.2018.8487208

Joint Stiffness Compensation for Application in the EXTEND Hand Orthosis. / Haarman, Claudia J.W.; Hekman, Edsko E.G.; Prange, Gerdienke B. et al.
BIOROB2018 : 7th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics . IEEE, 2018. p. 677-682 8487208.

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