Title :
Data glove embedded with 9-axis IMU and force sensing sensors for evaluation of hand function
Author :
Pei-Chi Hsiao;Shu-Yu Yang;Bor-Shing Lin;I-Jung Lee;Willy Chou
Author_Institution :
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, 71004 Taiwan
Abstract :
A hand injury can greatly affect a person´s daily life. Physicians must evaluate the state of recovery of a patient´s injured hand. However, current manual evaluations of hand functions are imprecise and inconvenient. In this paper, a data glove embedded with 9-axis inertial sensors and force sensitive resistors is proposed. The proposed data glove system enables hand movement to be tracked in real-time. In addition, the system can be used to obtain useful parameters for physicians, is an efficient tool for evaluating the hand function of patients, and can improve the quality of hand rehabilitation.
Keywords :
"Sensors","Force","Thumb","Resistors","Medical services","Data gloves"
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Electronic_ISBN :
1558-4615
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319426