Grasping and manipulation are critical for many activities of daily living. However, current approaches to grasp rehabilitation do not measure coordination of fingertip forces nor provide metrics for feedback to the user as an aid in regaining fingertip coordination. This paper presents a low-cost mechatronic approach to design and develop a portable and commercially viable grasp rehabilitation device. The performance of the newly developed grasp rehabilitator is compared with an existing research-grade grasping device on a grip and lift task. The results suggest that the newly developed grasp rehabilitator can provide key force measurements that are equivalent to the ones provided by the research-grade grasping device, indicating its validity and potential viability for rehabilitation.
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2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference
April 15–18, 2019
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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978-0-7918-4103-7
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Grasp Rehabilitator: A Mechatronic Approach Free
Ashwin Raj Kumar,
Ashwin Raj Kumar
NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY
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Seda Bilaloglu,
Seda Bilaloglu
NYU Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY
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Preeti Raghavan,
Preeti Raghavan
NYU Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY
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Vikram Kapila
Vikram Kapila
NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY
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Ashwin Raj Kumar
NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY
Seda Bilaloglu
NYU Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY
Preeti Raghavan
NYU Langone School of Medicine, New York, NY
Vikram Kapila
NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY
Paper No:
DMD2019-3242, V001T03A007; 6 pages
Published Online:
July 19, 2019
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Raj Kumar, A, Bilaloglu, S, Raghavan, P, & Kapila, V. "Grasp Rehabilitator: A Mechatronic Approach." Proceedings of the 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. April 15–18, 2019. V001T03A007. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DMD2019-3242
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