2P2-E03 Powered glove for people with paralysis of finger : A tool to encourage social participation of cervical cord injury patients(Rehabilitation Robotics and Mechatronics)

Abstract

A powered glove is under development for spinal cord injury patients. The glove system is composed of three parts, a glove part to be worn by the user, a controller and a sensor to detect user's command. The glove part is basically made of leather therefore it is quite soft, light and comfortable to wear. An original sensor that detects user's intentional chewing is applied to this glove system as an interface. User can open and close his/her fingers through command signal given by gentle chewing action. Finger exercises based on user's intention has been demonstrated in evaluation tests. The detail of the glove system prototyped and its test results are reported.