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Development of Hand Rehabilitation System Using Wire-Driven Link Mechanism for Paralysis Patients

 

Hiroshi Yamaura

Panasonic Corporation Osaka, Japan

Kojiro Matsushita

Osaka University Medical School Osaka, Japan

Ryu Kato and Hiroshi Yokoi

The University of Electro-Communications Tokyo, Japan

CONTENTS

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Proposed Design

15.2.1 Four-Link Mechanism with the Wire-Driven Mechanism

15.2.2 Coupled Mechanism for the Distal Interphalangeal and Proximal Interphalangeal Joints

15.3 Actual Hand Rehabilitation Machine

15.4 Working of the Hand Rehabilitation Machine

15.5 Working of the Hand Rehabilitation System

15.6 Conclusions and Future Works

References

Abstract

In this chapter, we present a hand rehabilitation system for ...

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