| Title: | A case study on the design and implementation of a platform for hand rehabilitation |
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| Authors: | ID Kosar, Tomaž (Author)
ID Zhenli, Lu (Author)
ID Mernik, Marjan (Author)
ID Horvat, Marjan (Author)
ID Črepinšek, Matej (Author) |
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| Files: |  applsci-11-00389.pdf (2,18 MB)
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Article |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FERI - Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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| Abstract: | Rehabilitation aids help people with temporal or permanent disabilities during the
rehabilitation process. However, these solutions are usually expensive and, consequently, inaccessible
outside of professional medical institutions. Rapid advances in software development, Internet of
Things (IoT), robotics, and additive manufacturing open up a way to affordable rehabilitation
solutions, even to the general population. Imagine a rehabilitation aid constructed from accessible
software and hardware with local production. Many obstacles exist to using such technology, starting
with the development of unified software for custom-made devices. In this paper, we address
open issues in designing rehabilitation aids by proposing an extensive rehabilitation platform. To
demonstrate our concept, we developed a unique platform, RehabHand. The main idea is to use
domain-specific language and code generation techniques to enable loosely coupled software and
hardware solutions. The main advantage of such separation is support for modular and a higher
abstraction level by enabling therapists to write rehabilitation exercises in natural, domain-specific
terminology and share them with patients. The same platform provides a hardware-independent
part that facilitates the integration of new rehabilitation devices. Experience in implementing
RehabHand with three different rehabilitation devices confirms that such rehabilitation technology
can be developed, and shows that implementing a hardware-independent rehabilitation platform
might not be as challenging as expected. |
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| Keywords: | movement observation, rehabilitation aid, assistive technology, robot-assisted rehabilitation, additive manufacturing, local production, human-computer interaction, code generation, domain-specific languages |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 11.12.2020 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 28.12.2020 |
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| Publication date: | 03.01.2021 |
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| Publisher: | MDPI |
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| Year of publishing: | 2021 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-21 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 11, št. 1 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-93263  |
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| UDC: | 004.5 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2076-3417 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 45500163 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/app11010389 |
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| Copyright: | © 2021 by the authors |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 16.06.2025 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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