Wearable exoskeleton device for hand rehabilitation

摘要

An exoskeleton device for assisting the movement of a metacarpal-phalangeal joint of a hand in a flexion/extension plane Γ of the joint, including a metacarpal support arranged integrally with a metacarpal portion of the hand, a phalangeal support having a fastening link for fastening to a proximal phalanx, a kinematical chain between the metacarpal support and the phalangeal support arranged to provide and carry out a rotation of the phalangeal support with respect to the metacarpal support.