Investigation and Development Prospect of Hand Exoskeleton Comfort

Jingyu Bian

doi:10.54097/hset.v39i.6496

Authors

Jingyu Bian

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/hset.v39i.6496

Keywords:

Exoskeleton; Comfort; Hand Injury.

Abstract

Stroke is a major problem in medical health, patients will have a lot of sequelae after cure. The purpose of this article is to review the results of previous articles and experiments on the comfort of different hand exoskeletons, aiming to improve the comfort of users. We analyzed the materials, wearing methods and binding methods of skin contact parts of various exoskeletons, and searched the corresponding keywords in Google Academic website to find the appropriate articles. Then the different ways of wearing exoskeletons were compared according to the test results. Then the comfort of each exoskeleton is concluded. The goal is to better explain and summarize the comfort of today's hand exoskeletons. Finally, the comfort characteristics of different methods are obtained according to several papers. Comfort is very important for patients, and the comfort of flexible exoskeletons is better than that of rigid exoskeletons.

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