Wearable Hand Orthotic Device for Stroke Monitoring and Rehabilitation
摘要
Stroke has been recognised as a significant health problem. After a stroke, it becomes difficult for an individual to do their daily activities because of the weakness in one hand. This orthotic glove is designed to rehabilitate and monitor patients who have had a stroke attack on their hands. The typical way of therapy is having it done in a hospital or at home by a therapist, which can be expensive for some people due to financial issues. Built within this device are several sensors such as EMG sensors for continuous tracking of muscle activity and B.P sensor along with heartbeat sensor and flex sensor for constant monitoring of blood pressure levels and heart rates, respectively, during continuous movement of hand muscles. Servo motors are used in rehabilitation therapy where necessary while offering different health monitoring parameters and real-time feedback given to therapists.