Contributions to hand kinematics characterisation during product manipulation in activities of daily living

This thesis presents contributions to the characterisation of hand kinematics during product manipulation in activities of daily living (ADLs). The main contributions have been: (í) providing quantifiable data of several technical aspects regarding the use of instrumented gloves for motion capture o...

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Author: Roda Sales, Alba
Format: doctoral thesis
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:CBUC, CESCA
Repository:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/672248
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/672248
http://dx.doi.org/10.6035/14107.2021.254150
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Biomechanics
Hand joints
Kinematics
Instrumented gloves
Activities of daily living
Manipulation
Enginyeria, indústria i construcció
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Summary:This thesis presents contributions to the characterisation of hand kinematics during product manipulation in activities of daily living (ADLs). The main contributions have been: (í) providing quantifiable data of several technical aspects regarding the use of instrumented gloves for motion capture of hand kinematics during ADLs: their effect on manual skills, fitting problems, etc., (ii) providing an outline of the kinematic requirements of feeding and cooking tasks for a healthy population, identifying task groups requiring extreme postures or velocities in specific joints, as well as providing extensive data and making it available to the research community in a public repository, and (iíí] presenting an overview of the effects of the design characteristics of assistive devices (ADs) on hand kinematics, as a basis for the selection of the most suitable AD depending on the patient's impairments.