MITEx: A Portable Hand Exoskeleton for Assessment and Treatment in Neurological Rehabilitation

• Published in: IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics Vol. 2023; pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: Astarita, Davide, Pan, Jun, Amato, Lorenzo, Ferrara, Paolo, Baldoni, Andrea, Dell'Agnello, Filippo, Crea, Simona, Vitiello, Nicola, Trigili, Emilio
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Actuators; Assistive robots; Behavioral sciences; Exoskeletons; Friction; Rendering (computer graphics); Thumb

This work describes the design and preliminary characterization of a novel portable hand exoskeleton for poststroke rehabilitation. The platform actively mobilizes the index-metacarpophalangeal (I-MCP) joint, and it additionally offers individual rigid support to distal degrees of freedom (DoFs) of...