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  • A Magnetic Resonance Compat...
    Yap, Hong Kai; Kamaldin, Nazir; Lim, Jeong Hoon; Nasrallah, Fatima A.; Goh, James Cho Hong; Yeow, Chen-Hua

    IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering, 06/2017, Letnik: 25, Številka: 6
    Journal Article

    In this paper, we present the design, fabrication and evaluation of a soft wearable robotic glove, which can be used with functional Magnetic Resonance imaging (fMRI) during the hand rehabilitation and task specific training. The soft wearable robotic glove, called MR-Glove, consists of two major components: a) a set of soft pneumatic actuators and b) a glove. The soft pneumatic actuators, which are made of silicone elastomers, generate bending motion and actuate finger joints upon pressurization. The device is MR-compatible as it contains no ferromagnetic materials and operates pneumatically. Our results show that the device did not cause artifacts to fMRI images during hand rehabilitation and task-specific exercises. This study demonstrated the possibility of using fMRI and MR-compatible soft wearable robotic device to study brain activities and motor performances during hand rehabilitation, and to unravel the functional effects of rehabilitation robotics on brain stimulation.