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An Integrated Portable Device for the Hand Functional Assessment in the Clinical Practice

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Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2012)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 357))

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The functionality of the human hand is of paramount importance for the daily life activity of a subject. Several chronic diseases can have localized lesions on the hands, causing disability, as for the Systemic Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis. In these cases the evaluation of the hand functionality is a necessary step for setting up the therapeutic and rehabilitation program. This research presents a novel device tackling this problem, allowing the evaluation of hand dexterity and strength on 4 simple rehabilitation exercises. Real-time controlled by a wirelessly connected PC where a C++ physician graphical interface enables a user-friendly management of the assessment, the device provides hitherto unavailable measurements. A first evaluation of the device in a real outpatient rheumatology clinic has been performed and the preliminary results reveal the potentialities of the approach.

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  1. DIEE - Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, 09123, Cagliari, Italy

    Danilo Pani, Gianluca Barabino, Alessia Dessì & Luigi Raffo

  2. Rheumatology and Rheumatology Unit, University and AOU of Cagliari, Italy

    Matteo Piga, Iosto Tradori & Alessandro Mathieu

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  1. University of Porto, Portugal

    Joaquim Gabriel

  2. Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the ASCR, Pod vodárenskou věží 4, CZ-182 08, Prague 8, Czech Republic

    Jan Schier

  3. Dept. of Electrical Engineering, ESAT-SCD(SISTA), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

    Sabine Van Huffel

  4. University of Toulouse, France

    Emmanuel Conchon

  5. University of Coimbra, Portugal

    Carlos Correia

  6. IST - Technical University of Lisbon,, Av.Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal

    Ana Fred

  7. Institute of Telecommunication, Lisboa, Portugal

    Hugo Gamboa

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Pani, D. et al. (2013). An Integrated Portable Device for the Hand Functional Assessment in the Clinical Practice. In: Gabriel, J., et al. Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies. BIOSTEC 2012. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 357. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38256-7_7

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