Title

State-of-the-art clinical assessment of hand function

Authors and Researchers

BrainsCAN , Western University
Joern Diedrichsen, Western University
Naveed Ejaz, Western University
John W. Krakauer, Western University
Kevin Olds, Western University
Robert Teasell, Western University
Neil Duggal, Western University
Andrew Pruszynski, Western University

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Description

We have assembled a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, surgeons, clinicians and neuroscientists from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Western University to develop a new device for assessing hand function. It will be capable of sensitively measuring fingertip forces across all five fingers and along all movement directions. Then we can use this device to develop and validate a clinical hand assessment for patients with brain injuries.

Publication Date

2018

Publisher

BrainsCAN

City

London

Keywords

Stroke and ischemic brain injury, Cervical myelopathy, Motor function

Disciplines

Neurosciences

Funding

Funding Program

BrainsCAN Accelerator Grant: Stimulus

Additional BrainsCAN Support

Human Cognition & Sensorimotor Core

Notes

Western Faculty, Group or Institution

Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science

Creative Commons License

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