Desarrollo de guantes electrónicos para el proceso de rehabilitación por monitoreo de la motricidad en los dedos de las manos

Abstract

The objective of the project was the development of a prototype of an articulated glove, which helps in the rehabilitation of people who have had different type of events either by their own or an external event, and they decrease the mobility on their upper extremities, for this there were used FLEX sensor, the FLEX sensors worked to collect the data on the degree of mobility they had on their affected parts, in addition to psychomotor exercises which help to a better control on their rehabilitation being a didactic help in the recovery process. The control and data sending software was developed on the Arduino platform, where when a visual signal is send to the patient, this one must move the finger attached to that signal, thus the data are sent to a mobile app, which was developed on the App Inventor software, where data were obtained to be subsequently stored on a database so the doctor in charge of the rehabilitation, has specific data about the progress on the mobility on the fingers. The hardware was designed on SolidWorks software, for later construction through a 3D printer, the glove design was thought in the requirements of Kamay Solutions S.A. enterprise, and for the people in the sector of the target population, which are mainly adults, but always having in mind the scalability that can be reached, that is the development of the glove to aid in the fine motor skills of children.