Soft pneumatic exoskeleton for wrist and thumb rehabilitation

• Main Authors: Lone, Sa’aadat Syafeeq, Zainul Azlan, Norsinnira, Kamarudzaman, Norhaslinda
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Association for Scientific Computing Electronics and Engineering (ASCEE) 2021
• Subjects: RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology; RM695 Physical medicine. Physical therapy
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/96444/11/96444_Soft%20pneumatic%20exoskeleton%20for%20wrist%20and%20thumb%20rehabilitation.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/96444/; https://pubs2.ascee.org/index.php/IJRCS/article/view/447/pdf; https://doi.org/10.31763/ijrcs.v1i4.447

A huge population of the world is suffering from various kinds of disabilities that make basic daily activities to be challenging. The use of robotics for limb rehabilitation can assist patients to recover faster and reduce therapist to patient ratio. However, the main problems with current rehabili...