[2] Univ Campus Biomed Roma, Phys Med & Rehabil Res Unit, I-00128 Rome, Italy
来源:
2020 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON METROLOGY FOR INDUSTRY 4.0 & IOT (METROIND4.0&IOT)
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2020年
关键词:
smart glove;
digital manufacturing;
personalized therapy;
D O I:
10.1109/metroind4.0iot48571.2020.9138274
中图分类号:
TP301 [理论、方法];
学科分类号:
081202 ;
摘要:
Cerebral palsy in infancy represents one of the major causes of permanent motor deficit in the upper limb movements. An early diagnosis and timely rehabilitation therapy would facilitate the partial or total recovery of the physiological movement range. Unfortunately, currently available technological solutions for rehabilitation and assessment of upper limb are not suited for children younger than 5 years of age. The advancements in manufacturing technologies have made possible the fabrication of highly accurate custom physical models of patient anatomy and, more recently, patient specific implants. This work investigates the possibility to develop a workflow based on digital manufacturing technologies to design parametric solutions for rehabilitation and motor assessment in children younger than 5 years of age. In details, this work presents the development of an instrumented glove for the assessment of thumb therapy in children aged between 4 and 5 years suffering from the "thumb in the palm syndrome".