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Impaired Hand Training Device with Wireless Data Communication

Authors:
Majd Ghareeb
Rabah Yehya
Ali Hage-Diab
Ali Bazzi
Hassan Khashfe

Keywords: assistive technology; stretching sensor; hand rehabilitation; Arduino Wireless communication; Web.

Abstract:
In this paper, we aim at combining assistive technology with the Internet of Things in order to create a system with an important health impact on the quality of life of people with disabilities. In this system, an impaired hand training device with real time data transactions has been designed and developed. This device allows patients to practice their hand rehabilitation routine daily at home avoiding the exhausting transportation to the clinic or the hospital. Then, it will wirelessly and automatically send the acquired data to a Web system accessed by the physician and the patient as well. Consequently, the physician will be able to view, monitor, and adjust the requested routines for each patient and communicate this information with him/her in order to achieve the best results in the shortest possible time.

Pages: 5 to 9

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: November 12, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4553

ISBN: 978-1-61208-604-0

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from November 12, 2017 to November 16, 2017