Multimodal biosignal measurement for designing biologically tailored upper limb prosthetic socket

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350681
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Tokyo Denki University
• Principal Investigator: Ohnishi Kengo 東京電機大学, 理工学部, 准教授 (70336254)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 義肢 / ソケット / 温熱特性 / 生体信号計測 / 義手

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research targets to systematically evaluate the thermal characteristics of donning upper limb prosthetic socket on the residual limb. The discomfort of donning upper limb prosthetic socket is the most popular reason of canceling the use of upper limb prosthesis. To reduce the discomfort, we considered the effect of inner socket temperature and humidity change to be the major indicator and experimentally measured and evaluated the condition in relation to multimodal biological signals. The experiments were conducted with non-amputee subjects and donned a quasi-transradial prosthesis socket and measured under controlled room temperature and humidity. Furthermore, to investigate dimensional and material effect of the socket, cylinder heat source labware was designed and used for evaluation.

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