NDLI: Design and development of “biomechatronic gym” for early detection of neurological disorders in infants

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Author	Cecchi, F. Serio, S.M. Del Maestro, M. Laschi, C. Sgandurra, G. Cioni, G. Dario, P.
Copyright Year	2010
Description	Author affiliation: IRCCS Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy (Cioni, G.) \|\| ARTS Lab, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy (Cecchi, F.; Serio, S.M.; Del Maestro, M.; Laschi, C.; Sgandurra, G.; Dario, P.)
Abstract	The study and measurement of grasping actions and forces in humans is important in a variety of contexts. In infants, it can give insights on the typical and atypical motor development, while it poses functional and operative requirements that are not fully matched by current sensing technology. Novel approaches for measuring infants' grasping actions are based on sensorized platform usable in natural settings. A new set of instrumented toys has been designed for the assessment/stimulation of upper limbs of infants between 4 and 9 months. A purposive biomechatronic gym has been developed by integrating pressure and force sensors and visual/auditory stimulations to the usual gym structure and hanging toys (cow, flower and ring puppets), so that the infants' actions on the gym can be monitored, measured and stimulated. With the developed system, a longitudinal clinical validation has been carried out with seven healthy infants. From data analysis it is possible to identify a trend in manual forces development and this result confirms the usefulness of the system proposed as a clinical tool for monitoring infants' grasping development.
Starting Page	3414
Ending Page	3417
File Size	941983
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424441235
ISSN	1557170X
DOI	10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627886
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-08-31
Publisher Place	Argentina
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Pediatrics Grasping Sensors Atmospheric measurements Monitoring Mechatronics Force
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Signal Processing Biomedical Engineering Health Informatics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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