Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 01, 2022 - June 04, 2022
Although continuous hand rehabilitation even at home is needed for hemiplegic patient to use him/her hand in daily life, a patient cannot be intervened by therapist compared with in clinic. In this study, we have been trying to solve these problems by development of hand rehabilitation device for self-rehabilitation at home. The device instructs a patient to lift index finger so that a patient can regain an independent finger movement, and assists lifting when a patient cannot lift. However, detailed implementation which the device makes smaller while meeting the requirements of assist is unclear. Therefore, we make airbag connected with small air pump for actuator and it is shown in this paper. As a result of experiment which checks whether it has enough ability to assist lifting, we can find it produces joint displacement by appropriate assist force.
