Disabilities are a global issue due to the decrease in life quality and mobility of patients,
especially people suffering from hand disabilities. This paper presents a review of active …

Introduction Hand amputation significantly challenges one's independence in carrying out
daily activities. With the UK and Italy recoding circa 5200 and 3500 upper limb (UL) …

This article presents a voice-controlled soft robotic hand exoskeleton for hand assistance.
Cervical spinal cord injury results in a disruption of the nerve signals, causing paralysis and …

Reduced hand function in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients is commonly associated with a
lower quality of life and limits the autonomy of the patient because he/she cannot perform …

Stroke, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injuries represent the most common leading causes
of upper limb impairment. In recent years, rehabilitation robotics has progressed toward …

Musculoskeletal research questions regarding the prevention or rehabilitation of the hand
can be addressed using inverse dynamics simulations when experiments are not possible …

One degree-of-freedom (DoF) virtual rolling-contact joint for the prosthetic wrist is proposed
in this letter. For prosthetic wrists, the wrist mechanism should basically be lightweight and …

Previous studies have shown attenuation of cortical oscillations over bilateral sensorimotor
cortex areas during passive perception of smooth textures applied to the skin. However …

Introduction: A common hand injury in American football, rugby and basketball is the so-
called jersey finger injury (JFI), in which an eccentric overextension of the distal …

Most transradial prosthesis users with conventional “Sequential” myoelectric control have
two electrode sites which control one degree of freedom (DoF) at a time. Rapid EMG co …