Functional range of movement of the hand : declination angles to reachable space Pham,HT, Pathirana,PN and Caelli,T 2014, Functional range of movement of the hand : declination angles to reachable space, in EMBS 2014 : Proceedings of the 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE, Piscataway, N.J., pp. 6230-6233, doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6945052. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Functional range of movement of the hand : declination angles to reachable space Author(s) Pham,HT Pathirana,PN orcid.org/0000-0001-8014-7798 Caelli,T orcid.org/0000-0001-9281-2556 Conference name IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference (36th: 2014: Chicago, Illinois) Conference location Chicago, Illinois Conference dates 2014/8/26 - 2014/8/30 Title of proceedings EMBS 2014 : Proceedings of the 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Editor(s) Lovell,N Publication date 2014 Conference series IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conference Start page 6230 End page 6233 Total pages 4 Publisher IEEE Place of publication Piscataway, N.J. Summary  The measurement of the range of hand joint movement is an essential part of clinical practice and rehabilitation. Current methods use three finger joint declination angles of the metacarpophalangeal, proximal interphalangeal and distal interphalangeal joints. In this paper we propose an alternate form of measurement for the finger movement. Using the notion of reachable space instead of declination angles has significant advantages. Firstly, it provides a visual and quantifiable method that therapists, insurance companies and patients can easily use to understand the functional capabilities of the hand. Secondly, it eliminates the redundant declination angle constraints. Finally, reachable space, defined by a set of reachable fingertip positions, can be measured and constructed by using a modern camera such as Creative Senz3D or built-in hand gesture sensors such as the Leap Motion Controller. Use of cameras or optical-type sensors for this purpose have considerable benefits such as eliminating and minimal involvement of therapist errors, non-contact measurement in addition to valuable time saving for the clinician. A comparison between using declination angles and reachable space were made based on Hume's experiment on functional range of movement to prove the efficiency of this new approach. ISBN 9781424479283 ISSN 1557-170X Language eng DOI 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6945052 Field of Research 090303 Biomedical Instrumentation 090399 Biomedical Engineering not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970109 Expanding Knowledge in Engineering HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed ERA Research output type E Conference publication Copyright notice ©2014, IEEE Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30071818 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Engineering Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Publisher URL Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 27 Mar 2015, 08:35:48 EST Fri, 27 Mar 2015, 08:36:59 EST Fri, 27 Mar 2015, 08:38:42 EST Sat, 28 Mar 2015, 04:01:01 EST Sat, 28 Mar 2015, 05:10:35 EST Wed, 01 Apr 2015, 15:26:03 EST Wed, 01 Apr 2015, 15:26:54 EST Wed, 01 Apr 2015, 15:29:00 EST Thu, 28 May 2015, 10:27:29 EST Fri, 09 Oct 2015, 17:08:50 EST Mon, 12 Oct 2015, 16:00:50 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2015, 14:20:23 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 7 times in TR Web of Science Cited 8 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 540 Abstract Views, 6 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 27 Mar 2015, 08:38:42 EST

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