Patient–therapist cooperative hand telerehabilitation through a novel framework involving the virtual glove system

G Placidi, A Di Matteo, D Lozzi, M Polsinelli… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Telerehabilitation is important for post-stroke or post-surgery rehabilitation because the
tasks it uses are reproducible. When combined with assistive technologies, such as robots …

Finger joint stiffness estimation with joint modular soft actuators for hand telerehabilitation

F Matsunaga, S Kokubu, PE Tortos Vinocour, MT Ke… - Robotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
In a telerehabilitation environment, it is difficult for a therapist to understand the condition of
a patient's finger joints because of the lack of direct assessment. In particular, not enabling …

[HTML][HTML] Wrist motion assessment using Microsoft Azure Kinect DK: A reliability study in healthy individuals

A Królikowska, A Maj, M Dejnek, R Prill… - … in Clinical and …, 2023 - advances.umw.edu.pl
Background. Motion analysis systems have been widely used in orthopedics and
rehabilitation for diagnostics, patient monitoring and outcome evaluation purposes. Since …

Hand gesture interface for robot path definition in collaborative applications: implementation and comparative study

A Vysocký, T Poštulka, J Chlebek, T Kot, J Maslowski… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The article explores the possibilities of using hand gestures as a control interface for robotic
systems in a collaborative workspace. The development of hand gesture control interfaces …

Sign Language Recognition with Multimodal Sensors and Deep Learning Methods

C Lu, M Kozakai, L Jing - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sign language recognition is essential in hearing-impaired people's communication.
Wearable data gloves and computer vision are partially complementary solutions. However …

Spike representation of depth image sequences and its application to hand gesture recognition with spiking neural network

D Miki, K Kamitsuma, T Matsunaga - Signal, Image and Video Processing, 2023 - Springer
Hand gestures play an important role in expressing the emotions of people and
communicating their intentions. Therefore, various methods have been studied to clearly …

PhyVR: Physics-based Multi-material and Free-hand Interaction in VR

H Deng, J Li, Y Gao, X Liang, H Wu… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The realistic interaction with physical phenomena is a crucial aspect of human-computer
interaction (HCI) in virtual reality (VR). However, the real-time performance of physical …

From haptic interaction to design insight: An empirical comparison of commercial hand-tracking technology

CMJ Cox, B Hicks, J Gopsill, C Snider - Proceedings of the Design …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Advancements in prototyping technologies–haptics and extended reality–are creating
exciting new environments to enhance stakeholder and user interaction with design …

Analysis of the Leap Motion Controller Workspace for HRI Gesture Applications

M Tölgyessy, M Dekan, J Rodina, F Duchoň - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Leap Motion Controller is a sensor for precise hand tracking; it is a device used for
human interaction with computer systems via gestures. The study presented in this paper …

Laboratory-based examination of the reliability and validity of kinematic measures of wrist and finger function collected by a telerehabilitation system in persons with …

A MontJohnson, A Cronce, Q Qiu, J Patel, M Eriksson… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
We have developed the New Jersey Institute of Technology—Home Virtual Rehabilitation
System (NJIT—HoVRS) to facilitate intensive, hand-focused rehabilitation in the home. We …