A Futuristic Approach for Stroke Rehabilitation Using Smart Gloves

摘要

Abstract Stroke is a serious, common, and assured as a global health issue across the globe. Stroke is one of most common cause of death and is a leading cause of impairment in adults. Despite all impressive progression and development in the treatment of stroke, without effective modes of care most stroke patients care will continue to rely on physiotherapy involvement. The purpose of this paper is to explain about a new and better device which helps patients affected by stroke who are not able to move their hands. To rehabilitate stroke survivors, the proposed prototype is designed such that it is a portable smart glove which helps users to regain their muscle memory by continuously contracting and releasing their muscles without the involvement of physiotherapist. This device/glove also consists of sensors that collect and send data to UI using ESP32. This UI is available for the doctors to see the statistics of glove usage and monitors the patient’s conditions. The Glove uses a soft robotics approach to replicate the human hand. The Glove initially aims to contract and release all the muscles in the hand in regular intervals of time. This muscle movement aims to build lost muscle memory.