A Two-Handed Ellipsoidal Device for Interactive Grasping and Gripping Rehabilitation Exercise

Bingjie Xu, Yijia An, Qinglei Bu, Jie Sun

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Abstract

Many children with cerebral palsy (CP) should do various exercises to restore motor control for specific functions such as hand grasping and gripping. During daily exercises, they need intensive support from either therapists or caregivers in setting tasks and providing feedback, which creates a heavy workload. Thus, we introduce a two-handed ellipsoidal device to control computer games for interactive grasping and gripping rehabilitation training. The ellipsoidal device is designed to house an ESP32 microcontroller, a Wheeltec N100 IMU and an SF15 flexible thin-film pressure sensor so as to monitor children's grip strength and wrist rotation. The sensing data can be used to control the characterizer motion in computer games. Preliminary user trials supported the implementation of such devices in hospitals for the hand grasping and gripping exercise and the cognition and coordination exercise between eyes, ears and hands.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISS Companion 2024 - Companion Proceedings of the Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces
EditorsBarrett Ens, Sheelagh Carpendale
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages37-41
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9798400712784
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Oct 2024
Event2024 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces, ISS Companion 2024 - Vancouver, Canada
Duration: 27 Oct 202430 Oct 2024

Publication series

NameISS Companion 2024 - Companion Proceedings of the Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces

Conference

Conference2024 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces, ISS Companion 2024
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver
Period27/10/2430/10/24

Keywords

  • Assistive training for cerebral palsy patients
  • Training games
  • Upper limb rehabilitation device

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