A low cost instrumented glove for extended monitoring and functional hand assessment

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-15-2007

Abstract

A wearable finger flexion monitor developed to measure hand function in individuals with hand dysfunction was evaluated for feasibility, measurement repeatability and reliability, fidelity of wireless transmission, and user acceptance. Configuration of the monitor allows use in situations when a traditional measurement glove cannot be worn. Five healthy individuals participated in the study of repeatability, while 10 healthy individuals and 10 individuals with acquired brain injury participated in trials to assess feasibility and user comfort. Repeatability results showed an overall error of 3.4°, compared to 5.5° and 5.7° reported with other sensor gloves, and to manual measurements (5-8°). Intraclass coefficient of reliability (using coefficient alpha) averaged 0.95. User feedback regarding comfort of the monitor was very high. Loss of data during wireless transmission was no greater than 1.2%. Results demonstrate that the monitor has a strong potential to be used as a tool for objective hand function evaluation in the home and community for both short- and long-term monitoring. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Identifier

33846910193 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.09.021

ISSN

01650270

PubMed ID

17069892

First Page

335

Last Page

348

Issue

2

Volume

160

Grant

29-05

Fund Ref

National Institutes of Health

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