Wearable Hand Orthotic Device for Rehabilitation: Hand Therapy with Multi-Mode Control and Real-Time Feedback

IoT-based wearable devices are significantly contributing to personalized and pervasive modern healthcare. Traditional healthcare systems handicapped by several factors, including shortages of physicians, nurses, devices, hospital beds, cost, etc. Conventional therapy is carried out either at a or home certified therapists which not affordable for many in developing nations. In this research work, we present monitoring an evaluation key parameters indicators device used during the rehabilitation process stroke patients’ hand can be operated users without need therapists. Sensors along with controller board signal acquisition, processing, monitoring. The efficiency increased through real-time follow-up feedback from Three different control methods proposed studied: smartphone-based speech, touch, Internet Things (IoT)-based dashboard. addition, four architectures, including: therapist wearable, dual user multiuser architectures discussed. A therapy-based case study using multiple volunteers was conducted. Therapists remotely operate train users. Users benefit save on costs visit hospitals centers hire Based results experiments volunteers, confidently say that enhance quality life well-being