A Smart FES and Mechatronic Glove System MANUTEX Aiming for Recovery of the Upper Limb in Stroke People

The paper presents the development and the validation for an upper limb rehabilitation system for stroke patients. The system uses the functional electrical stimulation (FES) based on surface electrodes knitted into a novel textile glove. The passive mobilization is done by using an exoskeleton mechatronic system. The overall control system accounts for a balanced control between FES, mechatronic exoskeleton, and any remaining patient voluntary control. This project helps the upper limb rehabilitative process and also provides a record of the quantified improvements on a daily basis. This final design will be tested in a clinical environment aiming to help the patients with neuromuscular diseases to evaluate and train their grip force control.