Hand Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation using Remote Actuation Mechanism

Abstract

We are developing a hand exoskeleton device for post-stroke rehabilitation. Our clinical feasibility tests revealed several issues to be overcome, namely, the weight and the adjustment mechanism for different anatomical hand structures. We thus propose a new prototype to fulfill these newly found requirements based on our previously presented hand exoskeleton mechanism. In this paper, we briefly report the limitations in our previous prototype and the concept of newly developed prototype.