| (May-2025)
The Biomechanics and Ergonomics group organized the 1st
University Sports Competition for Prosthetic Hands, with support
from the UJILab Innovació program, coordinated by the Vice-Rector's
Office for Innovation, Transfer, and Scientific Dissemination
through the INCREA Chair.
The Daidalonic UPV team, from the Polytechnic University of
Valencia, participated in the competition with two prosthetic
designs, and the UJI-Hand team, from the Jaume I University,
participated with one design. The prostheses were used by pilots
with an upper limb amputation or congenital malformation in a
circuit with 14 tests involving grasping objects and performing
activities of daily living, which they had to complete within a
maximum time of 15 minutes.
The winner was the UJI-Hand team, whose academic director is Imma
Llop. Its pilot, José María Valladolid, successfully completed 11 of
the 14 grip tests using the prosthesis developed by the team.
Also participating in the event were the well-known prosthesis
user Carla Maronda and Carlos Contreras, a member of the Spanish
association Ayudame 3D, dedicated to developing low-cost prosthetics
for users around the world.
(Mar-2025)
Student Ferran Mateu, a participant in the "Study and Research"
program of the Biomechanics and Ergonomics group, presents his
research at the "10th Study and Research Conference." His work,
entitled "Morphological Analysis of the Human Hand: Comparative 3D
Scanning Techniques," showcases part of his work in the field of 3D
scanning of the human hand.
(Feb-2025)
On February 11, on the occasion of the Day of Women and Girls in
Science, Raquel Lázaro offered a series of talks at the Primary
School Isidoro Andrés Villarroya. During the day, the trajectory in
science and the advances and the techniques developed in the
research group were addressed, with special emphasis on hand
exoskeletons. In addition, a small practical workshop was organized
where students had the opportunity to interact with a hand
exoskeleton, fostering interest in science and technology in the new
generations.
(Jan-2025)
On Thursday, January 16, some researchers from the EXOMANO
project visited the National Hospital for Paraplegics in Toledo to
share the progress made in the evaluation of hand exoskeletons (by
the UJI) and virtual reality games for upper limb rehabilitation (by
hospital collaborator Ana de los Reyes).
(Nov-2024)
For one month, we have had the pleasure of hosting PhD student
Birte Coppers (PhD
supervised by Anna-Maria Liphardt) from the CRC 1453 EmpkinS project
at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg. Her research stay
(supervised by Verónica
Gracia) aimed to apply our group’s expertise in electromyographic
signal analysis to
patients with rheumatoid arthritis, facilitating a deeper
understanding of these
conditions in the context of everyday dynamic tasks.
(Sep-2024)
From September 9 to 14, the Annual Meeting of the European
Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children (ESMAC) was
held in Oslo, Norway. Verónica Gracia presented a group
communication titled 'Objective assessment in serious game
rehabilitation: Hand kinematics via device tracking'.
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[HANDPRO]
Design, evaluation and optimization of low-cost upper limb prostheses
[EXOREHAB-USABILITY]
Usability and cognitive load of hand rehabilitation virtual therapies
with and without exoskeletons
[EXOMANO]
Application of hand
exoskeletons in rehabilitation and patient care.
[EXOHANDBENCH]
Towards a benchmark for the holistic assessment of assistive hand
exoskeletons in activities of daily living.
[MORPHO-HAND 3D]
Morphological
characterization of human hand using 3D scanning techniques.
[HMI-HAND]
Development of hand prosthesis control systems using non-invasive
human-machine interfaces.
[SOCKET-BIOEMO]
Biomechanical and emotional analysis to improve the design and fabrication of
sockets for hand prostheses.
[INDIREVAL]
Biomechanical
indicators of hand functionality oriented to evaluation and
rehabilitation through virtual reality.
[FPIFOOTWEAR]
Effect of design
parameters of shoe insoles and footwear soles for feet with
different postural index. Analysis of dynamic stiffness and
synergies.
[UNIQUE-HAND]
Development of
benchmarks for the experimental evaluation of artificial hands.
Application to the design of better robotic and prosthetic hands.
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