Development of a Home-based Hand Rehabilitation Training and Compensation Feedback System

Stroke survivors often show a limited recovery in the hand function even after the recovery period (3-6 months after stroke) and at-home hand rehabilitation is common due to the long-term nature of hand rehabilitation and the limited medical resources. We designed a home-based hand rehabilitation training and compensation feedback system. A low-cost simple orthosis glove, a set of hand rehabilitation training games and a compensation detection and feedback module were designed and developed in this system. A preliminary test was carried out on the system and the results showed that the training section (the orthosis glove and the hand rehabilitation training games) of the system was friendly to the subjects and the subjects were more receptive to the system and the compensation detection and feedback module had a promising performance. This system can not only provide high intensity and incentive hand rehabilitation training, but also guide the stroke patients to correct wrong upper body postures during the training process, which can achieve better rehabilitation results. The system has the potential to become an effective home-based hand rehabilitation training and compensation feedback system.