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Device for a Novel Hand and Wrist Rehabilitation Strategy for Stroke Patients Based on Illusory Movements Induced by Tendon Vibration

Rinderknecht, Mike Domenik
2012
2012 16Th Ieee Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (Melecon)
16th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON)

This paper presents a new device for a novel neurorehabilitation strategy for stroke patients suffering from upper limb paralysis. The concept consists in combining illusory movements, induced by tendon vibration on the hand and wrist, with a virtual reality visualization of the hand to support the positive effects of motor imagery reported in the literature. The aim is to induce and support plastic processes in affected brain regions to promote the ability to perform basic gestures like grasping. The device is capable of vibrating simultaneously or independently with an adjustable frequency on precise locations on the flexor tendons of the five fingers. The experimental results show that strong illusory movements can be induced in a group of 10 healthy subjects with a very high reliability of 86 to 100% demonstrating the concept feasibility and performance of the solution.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/MELCON.2012.6196579
Web of Science ID

WOS:000309215000196

Author(s)
Rinderknecht, Mike Domenik
Date Issued

2012

Publisher

Ieee

Publisher place

New York

Published in
2012 16Th Ieee Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (Melecon)
ISBN of the book

978-1-4673-0784-0

Total of pages

6

Start page

926

End page

931

Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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Event nameEvent placeEvent date
16th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON)

Hammamet, TUNISIA

MAR 25-28, 2012

Available on Infoscience
February 27, 2013
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