A Smart Rehabilitation Glove Based on Shape-Memory Alloys for Stroke Recovery
Stroke-induced hand dysfunction substantially impairs patients’ quality of life, creating an urgent need for portable, adaptive rehabilitation devices. This study introduces a smart rehabilitation glove actuated by shape-memory alloy (SMA) wires, leveraging their high power-to-weight ratio, controll...
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| author | Yutong Xie Songrhon Sun Yiwen Liu Fei Xiao Weijie Li Shukun Wu Xiaorong Cai Xifan Ding Xuejun Jin |
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| description | Stroke-induced hand dysfunction substantially impairs patients’ quality of life, creating an urgent need for portable, adaptive rehabilitation devices. This study introduces a smart rehabilitation glove actuated by shape-memory alloy (SMA) wires, leveraging their high power-to-weight ratio, controllable strain recovery, and reversible phase transformation to overcome the limitations of conventional motor-driven or pneumatic gloves. The glove incorporates SMA-based actuation units achieving 50 mm contraction (5% strain) within 7 s, enabling finger flexion to ~34° for personalized rehabilitation protocols. A mobile application provides wireless regulation of SMA actuation modes and facilitates real-time telemedicine consultations. The prototype demonstrates an ultra-lightweight, compact design enabled by SMA’s intrinsic properties, offering a promising solution for home-based post-stroke rehabilitation. This work establishes the transformative potential of SMAs in wearable biomedical technologies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b43b0fd237464ee1aec486bcdd78d8e52025-08-20T03:28:36ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-06-011513726610.3390/app15137266A Smart Rehabilitation Glove Based on Shape-Memory Alloys for Stroke RecoveryYutong Xie0Songrhon Sun1Yiwen Liu2Fei Xiao3Weijie Li4Shukun Wu5Xiaorong Cai6Xifan Ding7Xuejun Jin8School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong Chuan Road, Shanghai 200240, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Technologies for Diagnosis and Therapy, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong Chuan Road, Shanghai 200240, ChinaState Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composite, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong Chuan Road, Shanghai 200240, ChinaState Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composite, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong Chuan Road, Shanghai 200240, ChinaState Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composite, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong Chuan Road, Shanghai 200240, ChinaStudent Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, ChinaState Key Lab of Metal Matrix Composite, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong Chuan Road, Shanghai 200240, ChinaSchool of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong Chuan Road, Shanghai 200240, ChinaNational Engineering Research Center of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Technologies for Diagnosis and Therapy, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong Chuan Road, Shanghai 200240, ChinaStroke-induced hand dysfunction substantially impairs patients’ quality of life, creating an urgent need for portable, adaptive rehabilitation devices. This study introduces a smart rehabilitation glove actuated by shape-memory alloy (SMA) wires, leveraging their high power-to-weight ratio, controllable strain recovery, and reversible phase transformation to overcome the limitations of conventional motor-driven or pneumatic gloves. The glove incorporates SMA-based actuation units achieving 50 mm contraction (5% strain) within 7 s, enabling finger flexion to ~34° for personalized rehabilitation protocols. A mobile application provides wireless regulation of SMA actuation modes and facilitates real-time telemedicine consultations. The prototype demonstrates an ultra-lightweight, compact design enabled by SMA’s intrinsic properties, offering a promising solution for home-based post-stroke rehabilitation. This work establishes the transformative potential of SMAs in wearable biomedical technologies.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/13/7266shape-memory alloysrehabilitation glovesmart wearable devicestroke recovery |
| spellingShingle | Yutong Xie Songrhon Sun Yiwen Liu Fei Xiao Weijie Li Shukun Wu Xiaorong Cai Xifan Ding Xuejun Jin A Smart Rehabilitation Glove Based on Shape-Memory Alloys for Stroke Recovery Applied Sciences shape-memory alloys rehabilitation glove smart wearable device stroke recovery |
| title | A Smart Rehabilitation Glove Based on Shape-Memory Alloys for Stroke Recovery |
| title_full | A Smart Rehabilitation Glove Based on Shape-Memory Alloys for Stroke Recovery |
| title_fullStr | A Smart Rehabilitation Glove Based on Shape-Memory Alloys for Stroke Recovery |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Smart Rehabilitation Glove Based on Shape-Memory Alloys for Stroke Recovery |
| title_short | A Smart Rehabilitation Glove Based on Shape-Memory Alloys for Stroke Recovery |
| title_sort | smart rehabilitation glove based on shape memory alloys for stroke recovery |
| topic | shape-memory alloys rehabilitation glove smart wearable device stroke recovery |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/13/7266 |
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