Development of Hand Exoskeleton for Recuperation
Gaurav Sharma1, Neelaveni Ammal Murugan2, Aditi Raghav3, Rohan Pareek4
1Gaurav Sharma, received B. Tech degree from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, India.
2Neelaveni Ammal Murugan*, Assistant Professor (Sr.G), Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, India.
3Aditi Raghav, received B. Tech degree from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology. Kattankulathur, Chennai, India.
4Rohan Pareek, received B. Tech degree from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology. Kattankulathur, Chennai, India.
Manuscript received on May 13, 2020. | Revised Manuscript received on May 21, 2020. | Manuscript published on May 30, 2020. | PP: 2501-2504 | Volume-9 Issue-1, May 2020. | Retrieval Number: A1989058119/2020©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.A1989.059120
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Abstract: About half a million people across the globe suffer from different types of hand injuries and hand impairments. These impairments reduce the quality of living. The present system demands a physician to perform the physiotherapy on the mutilated hand of the patient. Nowadays it has become difficult for the physiotherapists to cater to all their patients given time constraints and increasing numbers of patients. A Hand Exoskeleton was developed for the rehabilitation of the mutilated hand which enables the patient to conduct physiotherapy himself without having to go to a rehabilitation centre. The exoskeleton provides a convenient and cost-effective mechanism for physiotherapy since the patient can do the physiotherapy himself at a time of his convenience and any number of times he wants to. With the exoskeleton, the movement of the good hand is replicated in the mutilated hand of the patient. This exoskeleton can supervise the bidirectional movement of the mutilated fingers. That way, the injured fingers are provided with some movement by the help of the servo motors. The gyroscope attached to the stroke hand determines the angular deflection. This exoskeleton can be used for repetitive, intensive and continuous physiotherapy exercises. It can treat many patients daily with minimum supervision. In the long term, the patient would be rewarded physically, emotionally and economically. The exoskeleton is lightweight and economically affordable for everyone. In this manner, patients are no more dependent on physiotherapists for the exercise. No external help is required by the patients for their daily exercise.
Keywords: Arduino UNO, Flex sensors, MPU6050, Physiotherapy.
Scope of the Article: Network Performance; Protocols; Sensors