Design of Instrumented Glove for Hand Motion Evaluation
Maroš Šmondrk, Andrea Jandurova, Branko Babušiak, Štefan Borik · 2021
Measurement of fingers and hand kinematics during the grasping activities and manipulation with various objects play an essential role in ergonomics, sport science, occupational medicine, and rehabilitation, as it is an indicator of hand function. That is why the design and realization of a device for finger flexion and extension and forearm motion became the main objective of this article. The work deals with designing and implementing the system prototype, its calibration, and testing under laboratory conditions. The designed device is promising to be used in occupational medicine and rehabilitation applications such as the device to assess the hand function impairment and track patient hand function disability recovery progress.