Assessing assumptions in kinematic hand models: a review

IM Bullock, J Borràs, AM Dollar - 2012 4th IEEE RAS & EMBS …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The incredible complexity of the human hand makes accurate modeling difficult. When
implementing a kinematic hand model, many simplifications are made, either to provide …

Evaluation of individual finger forces during activities of daily living in healthy individuals and those with hand arthritis

M Riddle, J MacDermid, S Robinson, M Szekeres… - Journal of Hand …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Measuring finger forces during activities of daily living and how these forces
change for individuals with pathologies such as arthritis is valuable to our understanding of …

Dorsal and palmar aspect dimensions of hand anthropometry for designing hand tools and protections

M Vergara, MJ Agost… - Human Factors and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Most hand anthropometric studies are performed on the palmar aspect, while dimensions of
the dorsal aspect are also useful in ergonomics and hand modeling. A survey of hand …

Evaluation of human prehension using grasp quality measures

B León, JL Sancho-Bru… - International …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
One of the main features of the human hand is its grasping ability. Robot grasping has been
studied for years and different quality measures have been proposed to evaluate the stability …

Non-linear model predictive control based trajectory tracking of hand and wrist motion using functional electrical stimulation

T Karak, S Basak, PA Joseph, S Sengupta - Control Engineering Practice, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) on muscles can recover voluntary motions of
the upper limb paralysed patients, enabling them to conduct daily life activities like grasping …

Stiffness map of the grasping contact areas of the human hand

A Pérez-González, M Vergara, JL Sancho-Bru - Journal of biomechanics, 2013 - Elsevier
The elasticity and damping of the soft tissues of the hand contribute to dexterity while
grasping and also help to stabilise the objects in manipulation tasks. Although some …

Estimation of hand index for male industrial workers of Haryana State (India)

A Chandra, P Chandna, S Deswal - International Journal of Engineering …, 2013 - ajol.info
This work analyses the right hand anthropometric dimensions of 1540 male industrial
workers of the age ranging from 18 to 62 years belonging to four different divisions of …

Hand anthropometrics from radiograms of Italian women: A population-specific ergonomic design procedure

A Dal Maso, F Cosmi - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
To design a comfortable hand support, the population-specific morphological characteristics
of human hands must be known. Surface and bone anthropometric data from 177 …

Understanding Grasp Synergies during Reach-to-grasp using an Instrumented Data Glove

S Pratap, Y Hatta, K Ito, SM Hazarika - arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.19430, 2024 - arxiv.org
Data gloves play a crucial role in study of human grasping, and could provide insights into
grasp synergies. Grasp synergies lead to identification of underlying patterns to develop …

Hand posture prediction using neural networks within a biomechanical model

MC Mora, JL Sancho-Bru… - International Journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper proposes the use of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in the framework of a
biomechanical hand model for grasping. ANNs enhance the model capabilities as they …